Modifications in Vaginal Microbiota and Their Influence on Drug Release: Challenges and Opportunities

Modifications in Vaginal Microbiota and Their Influence on Drug Release: Challenges and Opportunities

Vaginal drug delivery represents an attractive alternative to achieve local and systemic effects due to the high contact surface exposed, the mucoadhesion of the epithelium, and the high innervation that facilitates the absorption of drugs into the bloodstream. However, despite the confinement of th...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Leyva-Gómez, María L. Del Prado-Audelo, Silvestre Ortega-Peña, Néstor Mendoza-Muñoz, Zaida Urbán-Morlán, Maykel González-Torres, Manuel González-Del Carmen, Gabriela Figueroa-González, Octavio D. Reyes-Hernández, Hernán Cortés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
Subjects:
vaginal drug delivery
vaginal microbiota
biofilm
drug release
hydrogels
pH sensitive hydrogels
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/11/5/217

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