LIVER SPECIFIC DRUG TARGETING STRATEGIES: A REVIEW
AbstractDrug delivery to liver is one of the most challenging research areas in pharmaceutical sciences. The some physiological barrier such as opsonization, mechanical entrapment by pulmonary vascular bed, uptake by RES represents an insurmountable obstacle for a large number of proteins and drugs, including antibiotics, antineoplastic agents and antiviral agents to target liver disorders. Therefore, various strategies have been proposed to improve the delivery of different drugs to liver and hepatocytes which includes passive accumulation of nanoparticle therapeutics and active targeting by surface modifications of nanoparticles with specific ligands such as carbohydrates, peptides, proteins and antibodies. The present review enlightens about different pathologies of liver and targeting strategies employed in relation to liver anatomy and disease etiologies.
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IJPSR
Ramesh S. Gorad*, Satish K. Mandlik and Kishore N. Gujar
Department of Pharmaceutics, Sinhgad College of Pharmacy, Vadgaon (Bk.), Pune-411 041, Maharashtra, India
rameshgorad1@gmail.com
26 June, 2013
26 July, 2013
25 October, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.4(11).4145-57
01 November, 2013
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