Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems

Drug actions can be improved by developing new drug delivery systems, such as the mucoadhesive system. These systems remain in close contact with the absorption tissue, the mucous membrane, releasing the drug at the action site leading to a bioavailability increase and both local and systemic effect...

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Main Authors: Flávia Chiva Carvalho, Marcos Luciano Bruschi, Raul Cesar Evangelista, Maria Palmira Daflon Gremião
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000100002