Abstract
In recent years the use of polymeric carriers in therapeutic drug delivery systems has gained widespread application due to their advantages. The drugs which are loaded in polymeric systems can be targeted to specific organs and provide controlled release. Targeting of drugs eliminates the metabolic transformation of drugs before reaching a specific site as well as decreasing the effective therapeutic dose. Biocompatibility and biodegradability are the most important formulation parameters of these polymeric systems. Among the polymeric microparticulate systems, microspheres are accepted as the most popular. In this review, brief information is given on the general characteristics of the synthetic and natural matrix materials used in the preparation of the microparticulate delivery systems and samples are shown of synthetic and natural matrix materials infrequent use recently. Lactide/glycolide copolymers, poly (orthoesters), polyanhydrides, and poly alkyl cyanoacrylates as synthetic matrix materials, albumin, starch, collagen, gelatin, alginate, and chitosan as natural matrix materials are described with their characteristics and references.
| Translated title of the contribution | Biodegradable synthetic and natural polymers used in drug delivery systems |
|---|---|
| Original language | Turkish |
| Pages (from-to) | 109-123 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Fabad Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
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