From silk spinning in insects and spiders to advanced silk fibroin drug delivery systems

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 392-399

  Werner, Vera ^a   Meinel, Lorenz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimicry; Crystallization; Drug delivery; Silk fibroin; Spinning

Indexed keywords

ION; SILK; SILK FIBROIN; FIBROIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUID FLOW; INSECT; PH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPIDER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FIBROINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 84948110683     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: 18733441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.03.016     Document Type: Review

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