Supercooled smectic nanoparticles: a potential novel carrier system for poorly water soluble drugs

Judith Kuntsche, K Westesen, M Drechsler, Michel Koch, H Bunjes

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Abstract

The possibility of preparing nanoparticles in the supercooled thermotropic liquid crystalline state from cholesterol esters with saturated acyl chains as well as the incorporation of model drugs into the dispersions was investigated using cholesteryl myristate (CM) as a model cholesterol ester.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPharmaceutical Research
Volume21
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)1834-43
Number of pages10
ISSN0724-8741
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • Cholesterol Esters
  • Cold Temperature
  • Drug Carriers
  • Excipients
  • Freeze Fracturing
  • Lasers
  • Microscopy, Polarization
  • Microspheres
  • Particle Size
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Rheology
  • Solubility
  • Solvents
  • Viscosity
  • X-Ray Diffraction

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