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Valentino J. Stella

Valentino J. Stella

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Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
21011
World Ranking
4639
National Ranking
1464

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Valentino J. Stella is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of pharmaceutical sciences and medicine. Their research interests span a variety of topics within medicine, particularly focusing on pharmaceutical studies and practices, drug solubility and delivery systems, and the development and treatment of HIV/AIDS drugs. The scientist's work also engages areas such as analytical methods in pharmaceuticals, boron compounds in chemistry, and organoboron and organosilicon chemistry.

The scientist's publication record includes papers in notable journals such as the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, and Biochemistry. Among their recent papers are:

  • Sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin, 2020, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Prodrugs: My Initial Exploration and Where It Led, 2020, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Frequent coauthors in their published work include Antonio Lopalco, Nunzio Denora, Roger A. Rajewski, Angela Lopedota, and Valentino Laquintana.

Valentino J. Stella's publications are distributed across various respected venues, with the highest number appearing in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, followed by contributions to the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Biochemistry, Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development, and Frontiers in Immunology.

The scientist's primary field of study is Medicine, with subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, Pharmaceutical Science, and Analytical Chemistry.

Valentino J. Stella has been recognized with awards including the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1983, and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors awarded in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Pharmaceutical applications of cyclodextrins. 2. In vivo drug delivery

    Roger A. Rajewski;Valentino J. Stella

  • Chemical stability of pharmaceuticals : a handbook for pharmacists

    Kenneth A. Connors;Gordon L. Amidon;Valentino J. Stella

  • Derivatives of cyclodextrins exhibiting enhanced aqueous solubility and the use thereof

    Valentino J. Stella;Roger Rajewski

  • Prodrug strategies to overcome poor water solubility.

    Valentino J. Stella;Kwame W. Nti-Addae

  • Directed Drug Delivery

    Ronald T. Borchardt;Arnold J. Repta;Valentino J. Stella

  • A kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Hydrolysis of Camptothecin and Some Analogues

    Julianne Fassberg;Julianne Fassberg;Valentino J. Stella

  • Mechanisms of drug release from cyclodextrin complexes.

    Valentino J. Stella;Venkatramana M. Rao;Erika A. Zannou;Vahid Zia

  • Stability of Drugs and Dosage Forms

    Sumie Yoshioka;Valentino J. Stella

  • Prodrugs. Do they have advantages in clinical practice

    Valentino J. Stella;W. N. A. Charman;V. H. Naringrekar

  • Prodrugs : challenges and rewards

    Valentino J. Stella

  • Chemical stability of pharmaceuticals

    Kenneth A. Connors;Gordon L. Amidon;Valentino J. Stella

  • Prodrugs as therapeutics

    Valentino J Stella

  • Derivatives of taxol, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods for the preparation thereof

    Valentino J. Stella;Abraham E. Mathew

  • Synthesis and evaluation of some water-soluble prodrugs and derivatives of taxol with antitumor activity.

    Abraham E. Mathew;Magdalena R. Mejillano;Jyoti P. Nath;Richard H. Himes

  • Prodrugs of rapamycin

    Valentino John Stella;Paul Edwin Kennedy

  • Estimating the maximal potential for intestinal lymphatic transport of lipophilic drug molecules

    W.N.A. Charman;V.J. Stella

  • Dissolution Kinetics of Carboxylic Acids I: Effect of pH Under Unbuffered Conditions

    K.G. Mooney;M.A. Mintun;K.J. Himmelstein;V.J. Stella

  • Sulfobutyl Ether .beta.-Cyclodextrin as a Chiral Discriminator for Use with Capillary Electrophoresis

    R. J. Tait;D. O. Thompson;V. J. Stella;J. F. Stobaugh

  • Antiviral phosphonomethoxy nucleotide analogs having increased oral bioavailability

    Murty N. Arimilli;Kenneth C. Cundy;Joseph P. Dougherty;Choung U. Kim

  • Feste pharmazeutische formulierungen auf basis von sulfoalkylethern des cyclodextrins zur verzögerten freisetzung

    Valentino J. Lawrence Stella;Roger A. Lawrence Rajewski;Venkatramana M. Lawrence Rao;James W. Austin McGINITY

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunda I. Georg
Gunda I. Georg University of Minnesota
Ronald T. Borchardt
Ronald T. Borchardt University of Kansas
Susan A. Charman
Susan A. Charman Monash University
Binghe Wang
Binghe Wang Georgia State University
Bala Subramaniam
Bala Subramaniam University of Kansas
Kaneto Uekama
Kaneto Uekama Sojo University
Arto Urtti
Arto Urtti University of Eastern Finland
Richard L. Schowen
Richard L. Schowen University of Kansas
Mark A. Mintun
Mark A. Mintun University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth L. Audus
Kenneth L. Audus University of Kansas

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