Development of a controlled-release anti-parkinsonian nanodelivery system using levodopa as the active agent.

A new layered organic-inorganic nanocomposite material with an anti-parkinsonian active compound, L-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) alanine (levodopa), intercalated into the inorganic interlayers of a Zn/Al-layered double hydroxide (LDH) was synthesized using a direct coprecipitation method. The resulting n...

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Main Authors: Kura, Aminu Umar, Hussein Al Ali, Samer Hasan, Hussein, Mohd. Zobir, Fakurazi, Sharida, Arulselvan, Palanisamy
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29991/1/Development%20of%20a%20controlled.pdf