PEG-PLGA copolymers: Their structure and structure-influenced drug delivery applications

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-86

  Zhang, Keru ^a   Tang, Xing ^a   Zhang, Juan ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Lin, Xia ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Tian, Bin ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   He, Haibing ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drug delivery applications; Drug loading; Drug release; PEG PLGA copolymers; Structure types; Target delivery

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; MICELLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; DRUG LOADING; DRUG RELEASE; STRUCTURE TYPE; TARGET DELIVERY;

COPOLYMERS;

MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYGLACTIN; DRUG; DRUG CARRIER; HYDROGEL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; MICELLE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL-POLY(LACTIDE-CO-GLYCOLIDE);

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TARGETING; EVAPORATION; FREEZE DRYING; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICELLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; DRUG FORMULATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG LIBERATION; HYDROGELS; MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84898603342     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.03.026     Document Type: Review

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