Block copolymers for Drug Delivery nano Systems (DDnSs)

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 5088-5100

  Kaditi, E ^a   Mountrichas, G ^a   Pispas, S ^a   Demetzos, C ^b  

^a THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Advanced drug delivery nanosystems; Block copolymers; Controlled polymerizations; Drug encapsulation; Micelles; Nanocarriers; Nanomedicine; Nanotechnology; Polymer synthesis; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ANION; CAMPTOTHECIN; CATION; COPOLYMER; CURCUMIN; FREE RADICAL; ISOBUTYLENE; NANOCARRIER; NANOMATERIAL; OXAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; PACLITAXEL; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYISOBUTYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL REACTION; COLLOID; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TARGETING; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICELLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; RING OPENING; SYNTHESIS;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS;

EID: 84870412228     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929867311209025088     Document Type: Review

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