Zein in controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 189, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-122

  Paliwal, Rishi ^a   Palakurthi, Srinath ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Diagnostics; Drug delivery; Nanoparticle; Tissue engineering; Zein

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PROTEINS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ZEIN;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CONTROLLED DELIVERY; DRUG CARRIER SYSTEMS; HYDROPHOBIC PROTEIN; PLANT PROTEINS; RESEARCH INTERESTS; SUB-CELLULAR; TARGETED DELIVERY;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

DNA; NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; VACCINE; ZEIN; BIOMATERIAL;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COATING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG PACKAGING; EXCIPIENT COMPATIBILITY; FILM COATING; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; MICROENCAPSULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ZEIN;

EID: 84904292076     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.06.036     Document Type: Review

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