Two-stage enzyme mediated drug release from LMWG hydrogels
- 8 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
- Vol. 3 (16) , 2917-2920
Abstract
An enzymatically cleavable low molecular weight gelator–(model) drug conjugate system can be employed to effect a two-step enzyme mediated drug release, demonstrating the potential of LMWG systems for the development of drug delivery devices.Keywords
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