Development and validation of an HPLC method using fluorescence detection for the quantitative determination of curcumin in PLGA and PLGA-PEG nanoparticles

Current Pharmaceutical Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 324-333

  do Nascimento, Thuane Castro Frabel ^a   Casa, Diani Meza ^a   Dalmolin, Luciana Facco ^a   de Mattos, Ana Cristina ^a   Khalil, Najeh Maissar ^a   Mainardes, Rubiana Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Curcumin; Encapsulation efficiency; Fluorescence; HPLC; Nanoparticles; Particle size; PLGA; PLGA PEG; Validation

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLACTIN MACROGOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LINEARITY; NANOENCAPSULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ROBUSTNESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84867787908     PISSN: 15734129     EISSN: 1875676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341212803341654     Document Type: Article

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