Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers (Isolation, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications) || Drug Delivery Systems

✍ Scribed by Lendlein, Andreas; Sisson, Adam

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 163 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 3527324410
• DOI: 10.1002/9783527635818.ch15

✦ Synopsis

These polymers are synthesized by ring -opening polymerization of lactide and glycolide. In terms of nomenclature, the polymers are often termed polylactide, polyglycolide, and polylactideco -glycolide as this refl ects the monomer chemistry. However, the abbreviations PLA, PGA, and PLGA are more widely used than PL, PG, and PLG, and thus in this chapter polymer names including the acid term are used. It is very important to always specify the stereochemistry of the lactic