Dendrimers as drug carriers. A new approach to increase the potential of bioactive natural products

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 593-600

  Demetzos, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dendrimer; Drug carriers; Nanotechnology; Natural compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892677764     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600100714     Document Type: Article

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