Spray-dried chitosan microspheres cross-linked with d, l-glyceraldehyde as a potential drug delivery system: preparation and characterization
Chitosan microspheres of a small particle size and with good sphericity were prepared by a spray-drying method followed by treatment with a cross-linking agent. Owing to restrictions on the use of cross-linked chitosan microspheres in the pharmaceutical field, d,l-glyceraldehyde, a biocompatible rea...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
2005-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322005000300004 |