Dendrimers and their applications as novel drug delivery carriers

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 142-149

  Tripathy, Surendra ^a   Das, Malay K ^b  

^a Varanasi College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Monodispersity; Nanocarriers; PAMAM; PEGylation; Targeted

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886280264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2013.3924     Document Type: Article

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