Pharmacokinetics of CNT-based drug delivery systems

Current Drug Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 910-920

  Ye, Rui ^a   Wang, Sheng ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Luo, Zhiqiang ^c   Peng, Qiang ^a   Cai, Xiaoxiao ^a   Lin, Yunfeng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption; CNT; Distribution; Drug release; Excretion; Intracellular internalization; Metabolism; Tumor targeting

Indexed keywords

10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; CISPLATIN; DAUNORUBICIN; DODECANE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLATE RECEPTOR; GEMCITABINE; MACROGOL; NANOMATERIAL; RITUXIMAB;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTRAPULMONARY DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; DRUG CARRIERS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84887933736     PISSN: 13892002     EISSN: 18755453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920021131400113     Document Type: Article

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