Electrospun nanofibers for pharmaceutical and medical applications

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 451-468

  Sridhar, R ^a   Venugopal, J R ^a   Sundarrajan, S ^a   Ravichandran, R ^a   Ramalingam, B ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CISPLATIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CONNEXIN 43; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DOXORUBICIN; FIBRIN; FIBRONECTIN; GELATIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; LAMININ; LIDOCAINE; MACROGOL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; PACLITAXEL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILK FIBROIN; TETRACYCLINE; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; BONE TISSUE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROSPINNING; ENCAPSULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IC 50; KERATINOCYTE; LUNG CANCER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; REVIEW; RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION; SKIN; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84255167913     PISSN: 17732247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1773-2247(11)50075-9     Document Type: Review

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