Natural melanin: A potential pH-responsive drug release device

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 469, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-145

  Araújo, Marco ^a   Viveiros, Raquel ^a   Correia, Tiago R ^b   Correia, Ilídio J ^b   Bonifácio, Vasco D B ^a   Casimiro, Teresa ^a   Aguiar Ricardo, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Melanin; Nanocarrier; pH responsive drug release; Supercritical carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MELANIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NANOPARTICLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG CARRIER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIUM; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICS; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG CARRIERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MELANINS; METRONIDAZOLE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84899890776     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.04.051     Document Type: Article

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