Development and optimization of thiolated dendrimer as a viable mucoadhesive excipient for the controlled drug delivery: An acyclovir model formulation

Schematic of plausible muco-adhesiveness of thiolated dendrimers (I) Disulfide bond formation with glycoproteins of mucus membrane (II) inter cross linking of thiolated dendrimers to form polymeric network Dendrimer Acyclovir.157