Cyclodextrin-based supramolecular architectures: Syntheses, structures, and applications for drug and gene delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1000-1017

  Li, Jun ^a,b,c   Loh, Xian Jun ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cationic polymers; Cyclodextrin; Drug delivery; Gene delivery; Hydrogels; Inclusion complex; Polymers; Polypseudorotaxane; Polyrotaxane; Supramolecular structures

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CATIONIC POLYMERS; GENE DELIVERY; INCLUSION COMPLEX; POLYPSEUDOROTAXANE; POLYROTAXANE; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURES;

CYCLODEXTRINS;

ADAMANTANE; ALPHA CYCLODEXTRIN; AZIRIDINE; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; CYCLODEXTRIN; DNA; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; GAMMA CYCLODEXTRIN; MACROGOL; METHOXY POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID; OLIGOETHYLENIMINE; PHENYLALANYLGLYCYLGLYCINE; POLY(TETRAHYDROFURAN); POLY[ 3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE]; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPSEUDOROTAXANE; POLYROTAXANE; PORPHYRIN; PRODRUG; PROTEIN; SILSESQUIOXANE; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID; TYROSINEGLYCYLGLYCINE; VACCINE;

BIODEGRADATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE;

CYCLODEXTRINS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HYDROGELS; POLYMERS; ROTAXANES;

EID: 43449102775     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2008.02.011     Document Type: Review

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