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Advances in mucoadhesion and mucoadhesive polymers

Khutoryanskiy, V. V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-2630 (2011) Advances in mucoadhesion and mucoadhesive polymers. Macromolecular Bioscience, 11 (6). pp. 748-764. ISSN 1616-5187

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201000388

Abstract/Summary

Mucoadhesion is the ability of materials to adhere to mucosal membranes in the human body and provide a temporary retention. This property has been widely used to develop polymeric dosage forms for buccal, oral, nasal, ocular and vaginal drug delivery. Excellent mucoadhesive properties are typical for hydrophilic polymers possessing charged groups and/or non-ionic functional groups capable of forming hydrogen bonds with mucosal surfaces. This feature article considers recent advances in the study of mucoadhesion and mucoadhesive polymers. It provides an overview on the structure of mucosal membranes, properties of mucus gels and the nature of mucoadhesion. It describes the most common methods to evaluate mucoadhesive properties of various dosage forms and discusses the main classes of mucoadhesives.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) > Thermal Analysis (CAF)
Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics Research Group
ID Code:20469
Publisher:Wiley

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