Cyclodextrins in Drug Delivery Systems and their Effects on Biological Barriers

• Main Authors: Ádám Haimhoffer (Author), Ágnes Rusznyák (Author), Katalin Réti-Nagy (Author), Gábor Vasvári (Author), Judit Váradi (Author), Miklós Vecsernyés (Author), Ildikó Bácskay (Author), Pálma Fehér (Author), Zoltán Ujhelyi (Author), Ferenc Fenyvesi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cyclodextrins are widely used excipients, composed of glucopyranose units with a cyclic structure. One of their most important properties, is that their inner cavity is hydrophobic, while their surface is hydrophilic. This enables them for the complex formation with lipophilic molecules. They have s...