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Liposomal Antibiotics For The Treatment Of Infectious Diseases, Ali Azghani
Liposomal Antibiotics For The Treatment Of Infectious Diseases, Ali Azghani
Ali Azghani
Introduction: Liposomal delivery systems have been utilized in developing effective therapeutics against cancer and targeting microorganisms in and out of host cells and within biofilm community. The most attractive feature of liposome-based drugs are enhancing therapeutic index of the new or existing drugs while minimizing their adverse effects.
Areas covered: This communication provides an overview on several aspects of liposomal antibiotics including the most widely used preparation techniques for encapsulating different agents and the most important characteristic parameters applied for examining shape, size and stability of the spherical vesicles. In addition, the routes of administration, liposome–cell interactions and host parameters …