Pectin-metronidazole prodrug bearing microspheres for colon targeting

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-264

  Vaidya, Ankur ^a   Jain, Shweta ^b   Agrawal, Ram K ^a   Jain, Sanjay K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ADINA Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Colon; Metronidazole; Microsphere; Pectin; Prodrug

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938964489     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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