Synthesis and characterization of fluorescent chitosan–ZnSe/ZnS nanoparticles for potential drug carriers

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (49) ◽  
pp. 38810-38817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeping Li ◽  
Jingbo Xu ◽  
Yun Xu ◽  
Liying Huang ◽  
Junli Wang ◽  
...  

The objective of the study is to describe a new approach of combining quantum dots into chitosan as an anti-cancer drug carrier.

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-311
Author(s):  
Shulin Dai ◽  
Yucheng Feng ◽  
Shuyi Li ◽  
Yuxiao Chen ◽  
Meiqing Liu ◽  
...  

Background: Micelles as drug carriers are characterized by their inherent instability due to the weak physical interactions that facilitate the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers. As one of the strong physical interactions, the stereocomplexation between the equal molar of enantiomeric polylactides, i.e., the poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) and poly(D-lactide) (PDLA), may be harnessed to obtain micelles with enhanced stability and drug loading capacity and consequent sustained release. </P><P> Aims/Methods: In this paper, stereocomplexed micelles gama-PGA-g-PLA micelles) were fabricated from the stereocomplexation between poly(gama-glutamic acid)-graft-PLLA gama-PGA-g-PLA) and poly(gamaglutamic acid)-graft-PDLA gama-PGA-g-PLA). These stereocomplexed micelles exhibited a lower CMC than the corresponding enantiomeric micelles. Result: Furthermore, they showed higher drug loading content and drug loading efficiency in addition to more sustained drug release profile in vitro. In vivo imaging confirmed that the DiR-encapsulated stereocomplexed gama-PGA-g-PLA micelles can deliver anti-cancer drug to tumors with enhanced tissue penetration. Overall, gama-PGA-g-PLA micelles exhibited greater anti-cancer effects as compared with the free drug and the stereocomplexation may be a promising strategy for fabrication of anti-cancer drug carriers with significantly enhanced efficacy.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (31) ◽  
pp. 18984-18993
Author(s):  
Divya Sivanesan ◽  
Rama S. Verma ◽  
Edamana Prasad

Diagrammatic flowchart for the synthesis of polymeric PGS and preparation of 5FU-loaded PGS nanoparticles.


2021 ◽  
pp. 130667
Author(s):  
Shao-Fei Zhang ◽  
Wenbin Hu ◽  
Xiang Yan ◽  
Duliu Wang ◽  
Wen Yang ◽  
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