Injectable nanomaterials for drug delivery: Carriers, targeting moieties, and therapeutics

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Webster, David M ^a   Sundaram, Padma ^a   Byrne, Mark E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery carriers; Injectable nanoparticles; Nanocarriers; Targeting moieties; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALENDRONIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; CALCEIN; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLODEXTRIN CONTAINING POLYMER; DENDRIMER; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLIC ACID; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; INDOMETACIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LIPOSOME; LURTOTECAN; MITOXANTRONE; NANOMATERIAL; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; POLYMERSOME; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIPOSOMES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84876934723     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: 18733441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2012.12.009     Document Type: Review

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