Gelucire: A versatile polymer for modified release drug delivery system

• Main Authors: Kahnu Charan Panigrahi (Author), Ch. Niranjan Patra (Author), Goutam Kumar Jena (Author), Debashish Ghose (Author), Jayashree Jena (Author), Santosh Kumar Panda (Author), Manoranjan Sahu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Poly ethylene glycol (PEG) ester surfactants are synthesized by reacting polyethylene glycol with fatty acid. The polyethylene glycol comprises the hydrophilic part of the surfactant and the fatty acid is the lipophilic part. By varying the molecular weight of the PEG and the fatty acid, surfactants...