Mathematical models in drug delivery: How modeling has shaped the way we design new drug delivery systems

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-81

  Peppas, Nicholas A ^a,b   Narasimhan, Balaji ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Diffusion; Dissolution; Erosion; Mathematical modeling; Swelling

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWELLING; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DESIGN;

ADVANCED ANALYSIS; COMPLEX MODEL; CONTROLLED RELEASE; DESIGN EQUATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS; PARAMETRIC FITTING;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NEW DRUG; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY CONTROLLED SYSTEM; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED SYSTEM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EXERCISE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSMOTICALLY CONTROLLED SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING AND DISSOLUTION CONTROLLED SYSTEM; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; OSMOSIS; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SWELLING; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; HUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84906788497     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.06.041     Document Type: Review

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