Recent advances in porous silicon technology for drug delivery

Therapeutic Delivery

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 811-823

  Barnes, Timothy J ^a   Jarvis, Karyn L ^a   Prestidge, Clive A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; FLUORINE 18; GRAMICIDIN; GRISEOFULVIN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOTAN II; NANOMATERIAL; PAPAIN; POLYGLACTIN; POROUS SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RELEASE; HYDROCARBONIZATION; HYDROSILYLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84880961372     PISSN: 20415990     EISSN: 20416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/tde.13.52     Document Type: Review

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