Polysaccharide-based micelles for drug delivery

Pharmaceutics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-352

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Wardwell, Patricia R ^a   Bader, Rebecca A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Micelles; Nanocarrier; Polysaccharides; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL BEARING PULLULAN; CHOLIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXTRAN; DRUG CARRIER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 18; HEPARIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; INDOMETACIN; INSULIN; MACROGOL; MANNAN; PACLITAXEL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POLOXAMER; POLYSACCHARIDE BASED MICELLE; POLYSIALIC ACID; PROPYLENE OXIDE; PULLULAN; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; RIBONUCLEASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BONE DEFECT; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; CROSS LINKING; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COATING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERNALIZATION; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MUCOADHESION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; STIMULI SENSITIVE SYSTEM;

EID: 84878396266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics5020329     Document Type: Review

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