Structural versatility of bicellar systems and their possibilities as colloidal carriers

Pharmaceutics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 636-664

  Lucyanna, Barbosa Barros ^a   Gelen, Rodríguez ^b   Merce, Cócera ^b   Laia, Rubio ^b   Carmen, López Iglesias ^a   de la Alfons, Maza ^b   Olga, López ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA IQAC CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bicellar systems; Bicelles; Ceramides; Colloids; Freeze fracture electron microscopy; Nanostructures; Phospholipids; Skin; Stratum corneum; Transition temperature

Indexed keywords

BICELLAR SYSTEM; CERAMIDE; DICLOFENAC DIETHYLAMINE; DIHEXANOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DRUG CARRIER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENCAPSULATION; LIPID BILAYER; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME;

EID: 80053021411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics3030636     Document Type: Review

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