Incorporation of Carvedilol into PAMAM-functionalized MWNTs as a sustained drug delivery system for enhanced dissolution and drug-loading capacity

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 278-286

  Zheng, Xin ^a   Wang, Tianyi ^b   Jiang, Haitao ^a   Li, Yuting ^a   Jiang, Tongying ^a   Zhang, Jinghai ^a   Wang, Siling ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Life Science and Health   (China)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Drug loading; Improved dissolution; PAMAM MWNTs; Sustained release

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934905152     PISSN: 18180876     EISSN: 2221285X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajps.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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