title: [Hydrogels: properties and application in the technology of drug form. I. The characteristic hydrogels].
abstract: The following presentation is a review of literature related to application of hydrogels in the technology of modern drug form. The review contains the description of physical-chemical properties of hydrogels, such as swelling, water structure, sol-gel temperature transitions, tacticity. Each characteristic is followed by the description of its application as a therapeutical substance carrier. In this review described also examples of polymers used to produce stimuli-sensitive hydrogels in response to physiological temperature, pH, present of ions in organism fluid, or blood glucose level and external response such as electric current, light.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Farmacji Aptecznej, Akademia Medyczna we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pluta
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karolewicz
mesh_terms: D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D004337:Drug Carriers; D005947:Glucose; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008027:Light; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D020100:Hydrogels; D011108:Polymers; D005947:Glucose