2015
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04141
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Ultrasonically Assisted Polysaccharide Microcontainers for Delivery of Lipophilic Antitumor Drugs: Preparation and in Vitro Evaluation

Abstract: High toxicity, poor selectivity, and severe side effects are major drawbacks of anticancer drugs. Various drug delivery systems could be proposed to overcome these limitations. The aim of this study was to fabricate polysaccharide microcontainers (MCs) loaded with thymoquinone (TQ) by a one-step ultrasonication technique and to study their cellular uptake and cytotoxicity in vitro. Two MC fractions with a mean size of 500 nm (MC-0.5) and 2 μM (MC-2) were prepared and characterized. Uptake of the MCs by mouse m… Show more

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“…The low penetration could have been partly due to the positive surface charge of the nanoparticles or other properties as other particles with similar sizes were observed to be taken up by the spheroids. Better penetration in a similar size range was achieved with chitosan and xanthan coated soybean oil spheres . Particles, with encapsulated thymoquinone and polysaccharide coating, with sizes of 500 nm and 2 µm, respectively, were prepared by ultrasonication.…”
Section: Using Mcts To Evaluate Nano Drug Carriersmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…The low penetration could have been partly due to the positive surface charge of the nanoparticles or other properties as other particles with similar sizes were observed to be taken up by the spheroids. Better penetration in a similar size range was achieved with chitosan and xanthan coated soybean oil spheres . Particles, with encapsulated thymoquinone and polysaccharide coating, with sizes of 500 nm and 2 µm, respectively, were prepared by ultrasonication.…”
Section: Using Mcts To Evaluate Nano Drug Carriersmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Similar to proteins, polysaccharides are attractive carriers that have widely been employed to deliver drugs into MCTS. Soybean oil droplets were coated with chitosan and xanthan gum to create a biocompatible surface while an alginate and chitosan shell could enhance the properties of ceramic, calcium phosphate, or PLGA nanoparticles . Coating of micelles with chitosan or hyaluronic acid, or by simply using hyaluronic acid nanogel, can furthermore enhance the movement into MCTS that overexpress the CD44 receptor .…”
Section: Using Mcts To Evaluate Nano Drug Carriersmentioning
confidence: 99%
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