Development and characterization of thermosensitive pluronic-based metronidazole in situ gelling formulations for vaginal application

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-70

  Ibrahim, El Sayed Ali ^a   Ismail, Sayed ^a   Fetih, Gihan ^a   Shaaban, Omar ^b   Hassanein, Khaled ^b   Abdellah, Noura Hassan ^a  

^a University of Assiut   (Egypt)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

in situ gelling; metronidazole; mucoadhesion; pluronics

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; POLOXAMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; GELATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUCOADHESION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TEMPERATURE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINITIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84859451972     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: 18469558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10007-012-0009-y     Document Type: Article

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