Poly(lactic acid) based hydrogels

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 192-205

  Basu, Arijit ^a   Kunduru, Konda Reddy ^a   Doppalapudi, Sindhu ^b   Domb, Abraham J ^a   Khan, Wahid ^b  

^a JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; In situ hydrogel; PLA; PLA PEG; Responsive polymer; Thermo responsive

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CROSSLINKING; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTIC ACID; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; PLA-PEG; RESPONSIVE POLYMER; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; SITU HYDROGEL; THERMO-RESPONSIVE; THERMO-RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS;

HYDROGELS;

COPOLYMER; DRUG CARRIER; GLYCOLIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MACROGOL; MONOMER; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; URETHAN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; MONOMETHOXYPOLYETHYLENEGLYCOL-POLYLACTIDE BLOCK COPOLYMER; POLYESTER;

CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONJUGATION; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROGEL; LIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE AUGMENTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; RADIATION RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; LACTIC ACID; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84979781312     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2016.07.004     Document Type: Review

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