"Amphotericin B" loaded natural biodegradable nanofibers as a potential drug delivery system against leishmaniasis

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 943-949

  Nanda, Himansu Sekhar ^a   Mishra, Narayan Chandra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Electrospinning; Gelatin; Kala Azar; Leishmaniasis; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AVERAGE DIAMETER; BEAD-FREE FIBERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FTIR; GELATIN; KALA-AZAR; LEISHMANIASIS; OPTIMAL PROCESS; PHOSPHATE BUFFERS; POTENTIAL DRUG; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

ACETIC ACID; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTROSPINNING; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

NANOFIBERS;

ACETIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; GELATIN; NANOFIBER; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROSPINNING; ENCAPSULATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW RATE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEISHMANIASIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 82155171432     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311798220628     Document Type: Article

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