Storage stability of alpha-lipoic acid-loaded lipid nanoparticles

Guocheng Gongcheng Xuebao/The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 332-338

  Tang, Jin Guo ^a,b   Xia, Qiang ^a,b,c   Liu, Guang Yu ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Suzhou Nanohealth Biotech Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha lipoic acid; Lipid nanoparticles; Particle morphology; Particle size; Storage stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953263142     PISSN: 1009606X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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