Mucoadhesion: A promising approach in drug delivery system

Reactive and Functional Polymers

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-172

  Mansuri, Shakir ^a   Kesharwani, Prashant ^a,b   Jain, Keerti ^a,c   Tekade, Rakesh K ^d   Jain, N K ^a,e  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioadhesion; Drug delivery; Lectins; Mucoadhesion; Polymer; Routes of drug administration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERS;

ATTRACTIVE STRATEGIES; BIO-ADHESION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; INTERFACIAL FORCES; LECTINS; MUCOADHESION; MUCOADHESIVE POLYMERS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84957574866     PISSN: 13815148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2016.01.011     Document Type: Review

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