Journal
JOURNAL OF LIPOSOME RESEARCH
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 255-267Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2013.802332
Keywords
Aerosol surface charge; aggregation; leakage; membrane rupture; size distribution; systemic drug
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Pulmonary lung targeting finds applications in drug delivery to the lung itself and to other body organs, via blood circulation following transfer across alveolar membranes. Understanding pulmonary drug delivery systems towards improving their efficacy needs identification of particle sizes of relevance and elucidation of links between suspension properties, techniques of atomisation and properties of the generated aerosols. This review article is focussed on understanding the elements of pulmonary drug delivery, specifically related to suspensions of small liposomes. Specific objectives of this review include (a) understanding aerosol particle deposition and absorption on pulmonary surface, (b) links between properties of aerosol generation and colloidal drug carriers used for drug encapsulation, and (c) investigation on the controlled properties of liposome aerosols generated using different atomisation techniques for efficacious aerosol therapy.
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