Polysaccharide drug delivery systems based on pectin and chitosan

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 257-284

  Morris, Gordon A ^a   Kök, Samil M ^b   Harding, Stephen E ^a   Adams, Gary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; ESTERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES; DRUG-DELIVERY SYSTEMS; LOW-METHOXYL PECTINS; METHYL ESTERIFICATION; MUCOADHESION; MUCOSAL SURFACE; N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE; NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDE; POSITIVE CHARGES;

CHITOSAN;

CALCIUM ION; CHITOSAN; HOMOGALACTURONAN; NANOPARTICLE; PECTIN; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESTERIFICATION; MUCOADHESION; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 79551579900     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: 20465556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2010.10648153     Document Type: Article

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