Click chemistry with polymers, dendrimers, and hydrogels for drug delivery

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1134-1142

  Lallana, Enrique ^a   Fernandez Trillo, Francisco ^a   Sousa Herves, Ana ^a   Riguera, Ricardo ^a   Fernandez Megia, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Click chemistry; Dendrimer; Drug delivery; Hydrogel; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; AZIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; COPOLYMER; CUPROUS ION; DENDRIMER; DRUG CARRIER; MACROGOL; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CLICK CHEMISTRY; CONJUGATION; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROGEL; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862696152     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-012-0683-y     Document Type: Article

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