Open AccessChemotherapeutic potential of alginate-chitosan microspheres as anti-tubercular drug carriers
Author(s) -
Rajesh Pandey
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh139
Subject(s) - pharmacology , bioavailability , chitosan , therapeutic index , medicine , pharmacokinetics , drug , microsphere , rifampicin , isoniazid , drug carrier , pyrazinamide , tuberculosis , dosage form , oral administration , dosing , chemistry , pathology , biochemistry , chemical engineering , engineering
This study was designed to develop alginate-chitosan microspheres as drug carriers to reduce dose/dosing frequency in the management of tuberculosis (TB), which otherwise demands prolonged chemotherapy.
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