Cubic and hexagonal liquid crystal gels for ocular delivery with enhanced effect of pilocarpine nitrate on anti-glaucoma treatment

• Main Authors: Wang Xingqi (Author), Zhang Yong (Author), Li Xing (Author), Wang Yang (Author), Huang Jie (Author), Hu Rongfeng (Author), Gui Shuangying (Author), Chu Xiaoqin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this work was to investigate phytantriol-based liquid crystal (LC) gels including cubic (Q2) and hexagonal (H2) phase for ocular delivery of pilocarpine nitrate (PN) to treat glaucoma. The gels were produced by a vortex method and confirmed by crossed polarized light microscopy, sma...