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Porous Silicon Microparticles Enable Sustained Melanotan II Peptide Delivery

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The takeaway

Nanostructured porous silicon microparticles achieved sustained release of the tanning/sexual function peptide Melanotan II, demonstrating a practical sustained-release peptide delivery platform.

Key finding

Nanostructured porous silicon microparticles achieved sustained release of the tanning/sexual function peptide Melanotan II, demonstrating a practical

What the researchers found

Nanostructured porous silicon microparticles achieved sustained release of the tanning/sexual function peptide Melanotan II, demonstrating a practical sustained-release peptide delivery platform.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2011.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Porous Silicon Microparticles Enable Sustained Melanotan II Peptide Delivery
What was found?
Nanostructured porous silicon microparticles achieved sustained release of the tanning/sexual function peptide Melanotan II, demonstrating a practical sustained-release peptide delivery platform.

Read the original research

Nanostructured porous silicon microparticles enable sustained peptide (Melanotan II) delivery.

European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 77(1), 20-5

Citation

Kilpeläinen, Miia; Mönkäre, Juha; Vlasova, Maria A; Riikonen, Joakim; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka; Salonen, Jarno; Järvinen, Kristiina; Herzig, Karl-Heinz. (2011). Nanostructured porous silicon microparticles enable sustained peptide (Melanotan II) delivery.. European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 77(1), 20-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2010.10.004