Environment-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 49-60

  Qiu, Yong ^a   Park, Kinam ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Environment sensitive hydrogels; Smart hydrogels; Stimuli sensitive hydrogels

Indexed keywords

BIO-SEPARATION; CROSS-LINKERS; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT-SENSITIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; HYDROGEL SYSTEM; PH SENSITIVE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SMART HYDROGELS; STIMULI-SENSITIVE; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE HYDROGELS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSENSORS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; GLUCOSE;

HYDROGELS;

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIGEN; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CONCANAVALIN A; DEXTRAN; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MACROGOL; PILOCARPINE; PLURONICS; POLOXAMER; POLOXAMERS; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE CO BUTYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N,N DIETHYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(TETRAMETHYLENEETHER GLYCOL); POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYASPARTIC ACID; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; POLYORNITHINE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROPYLENE OXIDE; RAFFINOSE; TETRONICS; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOSENSOR; BIOSEPARATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84870248824     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.09.024     Document Type: Review

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