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Three novel esters of undecylenic acid (UA) were synthesized using the following polyols: linear diglycerol (DG), pentaerythritol monomethylether (PEME), and trimethyloltoluene (TMT). They were characterized through density, viscosity, thermo-oxidative stability, melting point (m.p.), miscibility with mineral oils, and toxicity to evaluate their potential as ecofriendly lubricants. Trimethylolpropane (TMP) triundecylenate was also synthesized and characterized as a reference ester. Esters' densities were in the range 0.93-0.97 g cm −3 . The PEME ester showed a kinematic viscosity of 25.2 cSt at 40 C, only slightly higher than that of TMP ester (24.7 cSt), both of them near the ISO VG 22 class, while DG and TMT esters were near the ISO VG 32 class, with viscosities of 28.3 and 37.1 cSt, respectively. PEME and TMT esters were similar in thermo-oxidative stability and more stable than their corresponding oleate esters. The m.p. of TMT ester was remarkedly low (−54 C), showing its potential for very cold temperature applications. TMT ester was found to be nontoxic against Artemia salina (LC 50 > 1000 μg mL −1 ), an initial indication of nontoxicity of UA esters in aquatic media. The synthesized esters showed potential to be applied as ecofriendly lubricants.

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This paper describes the investigation and development of a novel magnetic drug delivery nanosystem (labeled as MO-20) for cancer therapy. The drug employed was oncocalyxone A (onco A), which was isolated from Auxemma oncocalyx, an endemic Brazilian plant. It has a series of pharmacological properties: antioxidant, cytotoxic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antitumor and antiplatelet. Onco A was associated with magnetite nanoparticles in order to obtain magnetic properties. The components of MO-20 were characterized by XRD, FTIR, TGA, TEM and Magnetization curves. The MO-20 presented a size of about 30 nm and globular morphology. In addition, drug releasing experiments were performed, where it was observed the presence of the anomalous transport. The results found in this work showed the potential of onco A for future applications of the MO-20 as a new magnetic drug release nanosystem for cancer treatment.

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Sbstract Pluronics molecules self-assemble in aqueous solution providing a core/shell architecture that improves the solubility of hydrophobic drugs. Binary mixtures of Pluronics  have been studied as drug nanocarriers in order to combine their advantages, like high colloidal stability, small particle size and good solubilisation capacity (S cp ). In this work we studied Pluronics  binary mixture, P123 and F127, as nanocarriers of the hydrophobic drug griseofulvin. P123 (E 21 P 67 E 21 ) shows a relative good S cp , whereas F127 (E 98 P 67 E 98 ) shows a good colloidal stability. According to data, these binary mixtures form stables nano-sized comicelles in aqueous solution. The S cp of the P123/F127 systems at 25 and 37 °C was monitored by UV/Visible spectroscopy, showing good results at both temperatures, as would be expected, since P123/F127 have similar length hydrophobic block. Hydrophobic-dependence and temperature-responsive of the systems were evaluated by CMC, particle size and colloidal stability. Hence, stables P123/F127 comicelles may have potencial as hydrophobic drug delivery.

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