Chitosan-Based Mucoadhesive Vaginal Tablets for Controlled Release of the Anti-HIV Drug Tenofovir

Vaginal microbicides have the potential to give women at high risk of contracting HIV the option of self-protection by preventing the sexual transmission of the virus. In this paper, mucoadhesive vaginal tablets based on chitosan, alone and in combination with pectin and locust bean gum, were develo...

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Main Authors: Raúl Cazorla-Luna, Fernando Notario-Pérez, Araceli Martín-Illana, Roberto Ruiz-Caro, Aitana Tamayo, Juan Rubio, María Dolores Veiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/11/1/20