Thermosensitive polymeric hydrogels as drug delivery systems

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-94

  Gong, C ^a   Qi, T ^a   Wei, X ^a   Qu, Y ^a   Wu, Q ^a   Luo, F ^a   Qian, Z ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Controlled release; Drug delivery; Hydrogel; Injectable; N Isopropylacrylamide; PCL; PCLA; PEG; Phase transition; PHB; PLA; PLGA; Pluronic; Thermosensitive

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CYCLODEXTRIN; CAMPTOTHECIN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID; DIPOTASSIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; DOXORUBICIN; ELLAGIC ACID; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; MACROGOL; MERCAPTOPURINE; PACLITAXEL; POLOXAMER; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; THYMOPENTIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTALLIZATION; DEACETYLATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENANTIOMER; EXOSKELETON; GELATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW; RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84872915463     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/09298673130109     Document Type: Review

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