Preclinical and clinical aspects of antimicrobial drugs delivered through ethosomal vesicles

Anti-Infective Agents

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-25

  Akhtar, Nida ^a   Pathak, Kamla ^a  

^a NH 2   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Clinical evaluation; Drug delivery; Ethosomes; Preclinical evaluation

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BACITRACIN; BENZOCAINE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBOMER; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM; DISTAMYCIN A; DRUG CARRIER; ECONAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MATRINE; MELATONIN; METHOTREXATE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; MINOXIDIL; NIOSOME; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; TERBINAFINE; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; TRIPTOLIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CANDIDIASIS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LIPID VESICLE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; TINEA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84867524000     PISSN: 22113525     EISSN: 22113533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2211362611201010015     Document Type: Review

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