Polymeric micelles for oral drug administration enabling locoregional and systemic treatments

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 297-318

  Simões, Susana M N ^a,b   Figueiras, Ana R ^a,b   Veiga, Francisco ^a,b   Concheiro, Angel ^c   Alvarez Lorenzo, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drug solubilization; Efflux inhibition; Locoregional treatment; Micelle architecture; Oral administration; Polymeric micelles

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYMER; DRUG; MICELLE;

DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICELLE; MICELLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIC MICELLE; REVERSE MICELLE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MICELLES; PERMEABILITY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84921490166     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: 17447593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2015.960841     Document Type: Review

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