Evaluation of chitosan based vaginal bioadhesive gel formulations for antifungal drugs

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-156

  Şenyiǧit, Zeynep Ay ^a   Karavana, Sinem Yaprak ^a   Eraç, Bayri ^a   Gürsel, Özge ^a   Limoncu, Mine Hoşgör ^a   Baloǧlu, Esra ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Econazole nitrate; Miconazole nitrate; Mucoadhesion; Vaginal gel; Vaginal retention

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; ECONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RETENTION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GEL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOADHESION; NONHUMAN; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; RAT; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VAGINA MUCOSA; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; ADHESION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WISTAR RAT;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHITOSAN; ECONAZOLE; FEMALE; MICONAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHEOLOGY; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84904190102     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: 18469558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/acph-2014-0013     Document Type: Article

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