Valentino Stella
- University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Contact Info
Simons Biosciences Research Laboratories, Room 280
2093 Constant Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66047
2093 Constant Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66047
Education —
Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
B.Pharm., Victorian College of Pharmacy, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Research —
General research interests might be defined as the application of physical organic chemistry to solving pharmaceutical problems (prodrugs, drug stability, biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics, especially as they relate to prodrugs, dissolution and other phase transport phenomena, etc. Specifically:
- Prodrugs
- Novel Drug Delivery Systems
- Preformulation Studies on Parenteral Cytotoxic and AntiAIDs Drugs
- Development and Assessment of Novel, Modified Cyclodextrins
- Sulfenamides as Prodrugs
- Novel Peroxide Scavengers
Research Interests
- Prodrugs
- Drug Stability
- Cyclodextrins
- Drug Formulation