Polyanhydrides
"Polyanhydrides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Anhydride polymers with a repeating structure of RC(=O)OC(=O)R. They readily hydrolyze in water making them useful for DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS.
| Descriptor ID |
D049388
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.113.650 D05.750.725
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyanhydrides" by people in Profiles.
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Pfeifer BA, Burdick JA, Langer R. Formulation and surface modification of poly(ester-anhydride) micro- and nanospheres. Biomaterials. 2005 Jan; 26(2):117-24.
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Quick DJ, Macdonald KK, Anseth KS. Delivering DNA from photocrosslinked, surface eroding polyanhydrides. J Control Release. 2004 Jun 18; 97(2):333-43.