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Influence of acylation on the adsorption of insulin to hydrophobic surfaces

Charlotte Pinholt1, Susanne Hostrup, Jens Thostrup Bukrinsky

  • 1Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. cp@farma.ku.dk

Pharmaceutical Research
|December 31, 2010
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