Research Article

Temperature-Sensitive Gels for Intratumoral Delivery of β-Lapachone: Effect of Cyclodextrins and Ethanol

Table 2

Gel strength (N·m−2) of the systems at 37°C: mean values and, in parenthesis, the standard deviations.

Pluronic %Without drug or additives+ βLAP+ βLAP+ ethanol+ βLAP+ RMβCD

F12718%1554 (542)1740 (124)1382 (462)
23%5740 (1250)5698 (2821)692 (156)4827 (1763)
28%6524 (2300)5174 (583)5892 (850)

P12328%10.8 (12.3)8.8 (3.3)10.0 (3.9)8.5 (0.6)