The use of mucoadhesive polymers to enhance the hypotensive effect of a melatonin analogue, 5-MCA-NAT, in rabbit eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1507-1515

  Andrés Guerrero, Vanessa ^a   Molina Martínez, Irene T ^a   Pera, Assumpta ^a   de las Heras, Beatriz ^a   Pintor, Jesús ^a   Herrero Vanrell, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYCARBONYLAMINO N ACETYLTRYPTAMINE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; MELATONIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLAUCOMA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG SYNERGISM; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; METHYLCELLULOSE; PHARMACEUTICAL VEHICLES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SURFACE TENSION; TRYPTAMINES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955943285     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6099     Document Type: Article

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