Drug release from polyelectrolyte coated PLGA microparticles

• Main Author: Yap, Shirley Zhi Yin.
• Other Authors: Subramanian Venkatraman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43726
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report documents the investigation of drug release from polyelectrolyte coated PLGA microparticles. Currently, PLGA microparticles are widely used in most drug delivery systems for controlled drug release, but the problem of burst release still remains. Polyelectrolyte coating is thus employed...