Novel drug delivery systems for loading of natural plant extracts and their biomedical applications

HS Rahman, HH Othman, NI Hammadi… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Many types of research have distinctly addressed the efficacy of natural plant metabolites
used for human consumption both in cell culture and preclinical animal model systems …

Hard, Soft, and Hard-and-Soft Drug Delivery Carriers Based on CaCO3 and Alginate Biomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, Pharmaceutical Applications

Y Huang, L Cao, BV Parakhonskiy, AG Skirtach - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Because free therapeutic drug molecules often have adverse effects on normal tissues,
deliver scanty drug concentrations and exhibit a potentially low efficacy at pathological sites …

Docetaxel-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles prevent tumor growth and lung metastasis of 4T1 murine mammary carcinoma cells

MCO da Rocha, PB da Silva, MA Radicchi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Metastasis causes the most breast cancer-related deaths in women. Here, we
investigated the antitumor effect of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN-DTX) when used in the …

An update on calcium carbonate nanoparticles as cancer drug/gene delivery system

S Maleki Dizaj, S Sharifi, E Ahmadian… - Expert opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction In recent years, the applications of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nanoparticles
(NPs) have gained extensive interest as targeted drug/gene delivery systems to cancerous …

Docetaxel-loaded folate-modified TPGS-transfersomes for glioblastoma multiforme treatment

MT Luiz, JSR Viegas, JP Abriata, LB Tofani… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a first primary Central Nervous System tumor with high
incidence and lethality. Its treatment is hampered by the difficulty to overcome the blood …

Extracellular vesicle mimics made from iPS cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells improve the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer

Q Zhao, B Hai, J Kelly, S Wu, F Liu - Stem cell research & therapy, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their mimics from mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs) are promising drug carriers to improve cancer treatment, but their application is …

Marine biomaterials in biomedical nano/micro-systems

Y Wang, L Chen, Y Wang, X Wang, D Qian… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Marine resources in unique marine environments provide abundant, cost-effective natural
biomaterials with distinct structures, compositions, and biological activities compared to …

Cockle shell-derived calcium carbonate (aragonite) nanoparticles: a dynamite to nanomedicine

M Muhammad Mailafiya, K Abubakar, A Danmaigoro… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cockle shell is an external covering of small, salt water edible clams (Anadara granosa) that
dwells in coastal area. This abundant biomaterial is hard, cheap and readily available with …

Ionically cross-linked chitosan nanoparticles for sustained delivery of docetaxel: fabrication, post-formulation and acute oral toxicity evaluation

MA Mahmood, A Madni, M Rehman… - International journal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Polymeric nanoparticles are potential carriers for the efficient delivery of
hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs due to their multifaceted applications. Docetaxel is …

Long-lived enhanced magnetization—A practical metabolic MRI contrast material

I Katz, A Schmidt, I Ben-Shir, M Javitt, K Kouřil… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Noninvasive tracking of biochemical processes in the body is paramount in diagnostic
medicine. Among the leading techniques is spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging …