New folate-functionalized biocompatible block copolymer micelles as potential anti-cancer drug delivery systems

Polymer

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2946-2955

  Licciardi, Mariano ^a   Giammona, Gaetano ^a   Du, Jianzhong ^b   Armes, Steven P ^b   Tang, Yiqing ^c   Lewis, Andrew L ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche   (Italy)

^b Department of Chemistry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folate functionalized; pH Responsive micelles; Polyphosphorylcholine

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DRUG INFUSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMORS;

FOLATE-FUNCTIONALIZED; PH-RESPONSIVE MICELLES; POLYPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

MICELLES;

ACID; BUFFERING AGENT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COPOLYMER; DRUG DELIVERY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTY; LIQUID; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER;

EID: 33646570903     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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