Cancer is among the leading causes of mortality in the globe. Chemotherapy utilizing
various anticancer medicines continues to be the most widely used form of treatment …

Mucoadhesion is the ability of materials to adhere to mucosal membranes in the human
body and provide a temporary retention. This property has been widely used to develop …

Mucoadhesion is where two surfaces, one of which is a mucous membrane, adhere to each
other. This has been of interest in the pharmaceutical sciences in order to enhance localised …

The process of mucoadhesion involving a polymeric drug delivery platform is a complex one
that includes wetting, adsorption and interpenetration of polymer chains amongst various …

Rapid developments in the field of molecular biology and gene technology resulted in
generation of many macromolecular drugs including peptides, proteins, polysaccharides …

The poorly soluble drug buparvaquone is used in experimental clinics against the
gastrointestinal persisting parasite Cryptosporidium parvum. It was produced as …

Swelling behavior of anionic acrylic acid polyelectrolyte hydrogel synthesized by γ-radiation
crosslinking of polyacrylic acid in aqueous solution was investigated. Cross-linked …

Aligned with efforts to overcome shortcomings of conventional oral dosage forms,
mucoadhesive oral thin films have been the focus of drug development. Transmucosal drug …

The ability of mucoadhesive polymers to produce a large increase in the resistance to
deformation when incorporated into a mucus gel, relative to when the mucus gel and test …

The (bio) adhesivity of several chitosan chloride samples was screened in vitro and
compared with hydroxypropyl-methylcellulose (HPMC), Carbopol 934P and polycarbophil …