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 …

In the present update on mucoadhesive ocular dosage forms, the tremendous advances in
the biochemistry of mucins, the development of new polymers, the use of drug complexes …

The nasal route is one of the most permeable and highly vascularized site for drug
administration ensuring rapid absorption and onset of therapeutic action. It has been …

Mucoadhesion in drug delivery systems has recently gained interest among pharmaceutical
scientists as a means of promoting dosage form residence time as well as improving …

Carbopol gel systems have been studied using steady, oscillatory rheology, and
cryoscanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM) analysis in order to elucidate the nature of the …

The purpose of the present study was to improve the mucoadhesive properties of alginate by
the covalent attachment of cysteine. Mediated by a carbodiimide, l-cysteine was covalently …

Nanoscale analysis may be used to design new types of mucoadhesive polymers.
Understanding of the surface interactions between hydrophilic polymer surfaces and mucins …

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 …

Mucus is a viscoelastic gel covering the entire alimentary tract. It represents a pre-epithelial
diffusion barrier influencing the drug absorption process. In this way the rheological …

Different types of mucoadhesive polymers, intended for buccal tablet formulation, were
investigated for their comparative mucoadhesive force, swelling behavior, residence time …