The effect of chitosan molecular weight on the properties of alginate/chitosan microparticles containing prednisolone

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Honary, Soheila ^a   Maleki, Maryam ^a   Karami, M ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alginate; Chitosan; DSC; FITR; Microparticle; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHITOSAN; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOADHESION; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 69249113484     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v8i1.14712     Document Type: Article

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