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DESIGNED MONOMERS AND POLYMERS
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages 483-495Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1163/138577209X12478283327236
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Mucosa; mucoadhesion; mucoadhesive polymers; drug delivery
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Bioadhesion can be defined as the process by which a natural or a synthetic polymer can adhere to a biological substrate. When the biological substrate is a mucosal layer then the phenomena is known as mucoadhesion. The substrate possessing bioadhesive property can help in devising a delivery system capable of delivering a bioactive agent for a prolonged period of time at a specific delivery site. The current review provides a good insight on mucoadhesive polymers, the phenomenon of mucoadhesion and the factors which have the ability to affect the mucoadhesive properties of a polymer. (C) Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009
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