Ammonium sulfate gradient loading of brucine into liposomes: Effect of phospholipid composition on entrapment efficiency and physicochemical properties in vitro

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-253

  Chen, Jun ^a   Lin, Aihua ^b   Chen, Zhipeng ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Cai, Hao ^a   Cai, Baochang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium sulfate gradient; Brucine; Entrapment efficiency; Hydrogenated soybean phosphatidylcholine; Liposomes; Soybean phosphatidylcholine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BRUCINE; HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SOYBEAN PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG STABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; FETAL CALF SERUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LD 50; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOYBEAN; THERAPY EFFECT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 77249148379     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: 15205762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03639040903099736     Document Type: Article

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