Hollow pollen shells to enhance drug delivery

Pharmaceutics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-96

  Diego Taboada, Alberto ^a,b   Beckett, Stephen T ^a,c   Atkin, Stephen L ^a,b   Mackenzie, Grahame ^a,c  

^a Sporomex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bioavailability; Controlled release; Exines; High loading; Pollen; Porous shells; Sporopollenin; UV protection

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ETHYL CELLULOSE; EUDRAGIT; IBUPROFEN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYMER; SPOROPOLLENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MICROCAPSULE; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLEN; POLLEN SHELL; REVIEW;

EID: 84897871149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics6010080     Document Type: Review

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