(A) Plasma concentration–time profiles of tamoxifen suspension and tamoxifen-loaded NLCs after single oral administration of 10 mg/kg to rats. (B) Flow-cytometric analysis for cell uptake studies. (a) Histogram of untreated control cells, and (b) histogram of cells after 3 h incubation with coumarin-6-labeled tamoxifen-loaded NLCs.
FL1-H: Fluorescence intensity histogram; NLC: Nanostructured lipid carrier; susp: Suspension; Tmx: Tamoxifen.
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