Liposomes incorporating essential oil of Brazilian cherry (Eugenia uniflora L.): Characterization of aqueous dispersions and lyophilized formulations

Journal of Microencapsulation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 416-425

  Yoshida, P A ^a   Yokota, D ^a   Foglio, M A ^b   Rodrigues, R A F ^b   Pinho, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Essential oil encapsulation; eugenia uniflora L.; Liposome; Liposome cryoprotection; Liposome microstructural characterization

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; LIPOSOME; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FREEZE DRYING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LYOPHILISATE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PLANT LEAF; REHYDRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WATER ABSORPTION; WETTABILITY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EUGENIA; FREEZE DRYING; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 77955452254     PISSN: 02652048     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02652040903367327     Document Type: Article

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