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Pharmaceutical Preparations > Dosage Forms > Drug Carriers > Liposomes
Investigative Techniques > Technology, Pharmaceutical > Dosage Forms > Drug Carriers > Liposomes
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Technology > Technology, Pharmaceutical > Dosage Forms > Drug Carriers > Liposomes
Therapeutics > Drug Therapy > Drug Delivery Systems > Drug Carriers > Liposomes
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Membranes, Artificial > Liposomes
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Membranes, Artificial > Liposomes
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomimetic Materials > Membranes, Artificial > Liposomes

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Liposomes  

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Entry terms

  • Niosome
  • Niosomes
  • Transferosome
  • Transferosomes

Note

  • when used as a vehicle in drug therapy, index specific drug / admin (IM) + LIPOSOMES (NIM without qualifiers); differentiate from LIPID DROPLETS which are organelles

Scope note

  • Artificial, single or multilaminar vesicles (made from lecithins or other lipids) that are used for the delivery of a variety of biological molecules or molecular complexes to cells, for example, drug delivery and gene transfer. They are also used to study membranes and membrane proteins.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008081

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