Advances in oral transmucosal drug delivery

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-116

  Patel, Viralkumar F ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Brown, Marc B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDPHARM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buccal absorption; Dosage forms; Mucoadhesive; Permeation pathways; Transmucosal

Indexed keywords

BUCCAL ABSORPTION; COMPLEX MOLECULES; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DOSAGE FORMS; IN-VIVO; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MUCOADHESIVE; ORAL CAVITY; ORAL MUCOSA; RETENTION TIME; TRANSMUCOSAL;

PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

DRUG DELIVERY;

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ACICLOVIR; AMLEXANOX; BEMA; BUPRENORPHINE; BUSPIRONE; CALCITONIN; CANNABIS; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FENTANYL CITRATE; FLECAINIDE; GALANTAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAMYC; MEDRO; METCONTROL; MICONAZOLE; MONOSOL RX; NALTREXONE; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINELLE; NOVAMIST; ONDANSETRON; ONSOLIS; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RAPIDFILM; RAPIDMIST; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN; SATIVEX BUCCAL SPRAY; SNOREEZE ORAL; SOLULEAVES; SOTALOL; STRIANT SR; SUBOXANE; SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE; TESTOSTERONE; THINSOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERSAFILM; WAFERTAB; XGEL; ZALCITABINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; HUMAN; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, MUCOSAL; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 79960086774     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.01.027     Document Type: Review

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