Calcium-oligochitosan-pectin microcarrier for colonic drug delivery

Autor: Wujie Zhang, Junhong Chen, Alexander Dyble, Douglas A. Steeber, Rebecca L. Majewski, Kendra Lehman, M. Kaltchev, Xiaoru Guo, Michael J. Wedemeyer, Samuel Stealey
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. 25:260-265
ISSN: 1097-9867
1083-7450
Popis: Pectin-based hydrogel microcarriers have shown promise for drug delivery to the colonic region. Microcarriers must remain stable throughout the upper gastrointestinal tract for effective colonic delivery, an issue that traditional pectin-based microcarriers have faced. The positively-charged natural biopolymer oligochitosan and divalent cation Ca
Databáze: OpenAIRE