Selenium nanomaterials: an overview of recent developments in synthesis, properties and potential applications

S Chaudhary, A Umar, SK Mehta - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Advances in science and nanotechnology have facilitated the development of new methods
for the preparation of pure selenium as selenium nanomaterials. They offer remarkable …

Surface decoration of selenium nanoparticles by mushroom polysaccharides–protein complexes to achieve enhanced cellular uptake and antiproliferative activity

H Wu, X Li, W Liu, T Chen, Y Li, W Zheng… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
By using mushroom polysaccharides–protein complexes (PSP) as the capping agent, size
controllable and highly stable selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have been successfully …

Novel approaches for enhancement of drug bioavailability

S Kumar, N Dilbaghi, R Rani… - Reviews in Advanced …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Bioavailability is defined as the rate and extent/amount of absorption of unchanged drug
from its dosage form. It is one of the important parameter to achieve desired concentration of …

Enhancing the anti-gastric cancer activity of curcumin with biocompatible and pH sensitive PMMA-AA/ZnO nanoparticles

R Dhivya, J Ranjani, J Rajendhran, J Mayandi… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Curcumin loaded ZnO nanoparticles were successfully synthesised and encapsulated with
co-polymer PMMA-AA (Cur/PMMA-AA/ZnO NPs). The ZnO nanoparticles have been …

[PDF][PDF] Liquisolid compacts: a novel approach to enhance bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs

V kumar Nagabandi, T Ramarao… - Int J Pharm Res Allied Sci, 2011 - ijpbs.com
At present 40% of the drugs in the development pipelines, and approximately 60% of the
drugs coming directly from synthesis are poorly soluble. The limited solubility of drugs is a …

pH-responsive cancer-targeted selenium nanoparticles: a transformable drug carrier with enhanced theranostic effects

B Yu, X Li, W Zheng, Y Feng, YS Wong… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have been widely used in various biomedical applications,
including cancer therapy, diagnosis and drug delivery. Herein, we fabricated a novel type of …

Novel pectin-based nanoparticles prepared from nanoemulsion templates for improving in vitro dissolution and in vivo absorption of poorly water-soluble drug

K Burapapadh, H Takeuchi, P Sriamornsak - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to improve in vitro dissolution and in vivo absorption of
itraconazole (ITZ), a poorly water-soluble drug, by means of novel pectin-based …

Effect of dimethylsulfoxide, ethanol, α-and β-cyclodextrins and their association on the solubility of natural bioactive compounds

L Nakhle, M Kfoury, H Greige-Gerges… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of co-solvents to increase drug solubility is limited mainly due to their toxicity. Many
solvents are not biodegradable and have significant environmental impact. Furthermore …

Excipients with specialized functions for effective drug delivery

J Hamman, J Steenekamp - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: There is a growing need for the development of pharmaceutical excipients that
could improve product performance and overcome the shortcomings of new drug moieties …

[HTML][HTML] Liquisolid tablets for dissolution enhancement of a hypolipidemic drug

DS Patel, RM Pipaliya, N Surti - Indian journal of pharmaceutical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This investigation was aimed to improve the dissolution rate of the poorly soluble drug
lovastatin, by formulating it as a liquisolid compact. Different liquisolid compacts were …