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Title: | Polymers in Mucoadhesive Drug Delivery System: A Brief Note |
Authors: | Roy, S Pal, K Pramanik, K Prabhakar, B |
Keywords: | Mucosa, mucoadhesion, mucoadhesive polymers, drug delivery. |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden |
Citation: | Designed Monomers and Polymers 12 (2009), Pages 483–495 |
Abstract: | Bioadhesion can be defined as the process by which a natural or a synthetic polymer can adhere to a biological substrate. When the biological substrate is a mucosal layer then the phenomena is known as mucoadhesion. The substrate possessing bioadhesive property can help in devising a delivery system capable of delivering a bioactive agent for a prolonged period of time at a specific delivery site. The current review provides a good insight on mucoadhesive polymers, the phenomenon of mucoadhesion and the factors which have the ability to affect the mucoadhesive properties of a polymer. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2080/1147 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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