Natural product-based nanomedicine: Recent advances and issues

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 6055-6074

  Watkins, Rebekah ^a   Wu, Ling ^a   Zhang, Chenming ^a,b   Davis, Richey M ^a,b   Xu, Bin ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Controlled release; Drug delivery; Nanomedicine; Natural products; Targeting

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; BERBERINE; CAFFEINE; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARVACROL; CATECHIN; CINNAMALDEHYDE; COUMARIN; COUMARIN 6; CURCUMIN; ELLAGIC ACID; EPIGALLOCATHECIN GALLATE; EUGENOL; GAMBOGIC ACID; GENISTEIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MORIN; NARINGENIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; ONCOCALYXONE A; PEONOL; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; ROSMARINIC ACID; SALIDROSIDE; SALVIANOLIC ACID B; SILIBININ; TAXIFOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; NANOPARTICLE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NANOENCAPSULATION; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84943195579     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S92162     Document Type: Review

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