Biocompatible micelles based on squalene portions linked to PEGylated polyaspartamide as potential colloidal drug carriers

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 747-756

  Ognibene, Maria C ^a   Rocco, F ^b   Craparo, Emanuela F ^a   Picone, P ^a   Ceruti, M ^b   Giammona, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c IBFCNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic copolymers; Drug carriers; In vitro uptake; L aspartamide; Micelles poly(n 2 hydroxyethyl) d; Squalene

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS; DRUG CARRIERS; IN VITRO UPTAKE; L-ASPARTAMIDE; SQUALENE;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CELL CULTURE; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIALYSIS; ETHYLENE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCOLS; MICELLES; NANOSYSTEMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA,BETA POLY(N 2 HYDROXYETHYL)DEXTRO,LEVO ASPARTAMIDE; CARBON; COPOLYMER; DRUG CARRIER; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 2000; SQUALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 80053548469     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311797483862     Document Type: Article

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