Paclitaxel pharmaceutical profiling aiming the optimization of a novel lipid nanotherapy

Paclitaxel (PTX) is a cytostatic anticancer drug used extensively in wide types of cancer. Due to its lipophilic nature (Kp(water/n-octanol) = 3.54) PTX needs a vehicle for its administration. The current vehicles used to improve PTX solubilisation and administration, however they present toxicity p...

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Main Author: Carvalho, Ana M. (author)
Other Authors: Demaitre, Justine (author), Real Oliveira, M. Elisabete C. D. (author), Lúcio, M. (author), Nieder, Jana (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/50322
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/50322