Application of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and imaging in drug delivery research - Chances and challenges

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-66

  Kempe, Sabine ^a   Metz, Hendrik ^a   Mäder, Karsten ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Electron Paramagnetic Resonance; Electron Spin Resonance; EPR; EPR imaging; ESR; In vivo

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHITOSAN; DRUG CARRIER; NITROXIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYGLACTIN;

ACIDITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; COLLOIDS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCIPIENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR PROBES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 72149125040     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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