Effect of Polymeric Network Structure on Drug Release from Cross-Linked Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Micromatrices

1 January 1989

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Pharmaceutical Research

Vol. 06 (7) , 578-584
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015949330425

Abstract

Three types of poly(vinyl alcohol) were cross-linked by glutaraldehyde to form water-swellable materials possessing a three-dimensional, molecular network. Proxyphylline and theophylline were...

Keywords

STRUCTURE
CROSS LINKED
POLYMER
EXTENT
ALCOHOL
DRUG
MACROMOLECULAR
GLUTARALDEHYDE

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