Surfactant systems: Microemulsions and vesicles as vehicles for drug delivery
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
- Vol. 19 (3) , 257-269
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03188929
Abstract
Although surfactants have been widely used as pharmaceutical adjuvants for many years, it is only relatively recently that their phase structures have been seriously considered as drug delivery vehicles per se. This review highlights the work to date investigating the potential of microemulsions as drug cariers and also reports on preliminary studies performed on the use of vesicles formed from nonionic surfactants.Keywords
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