Understanding the nanostructures of prolamin-based oral carrier to deliver functional compounds: A review

X Chen, ZX Wang, W Liu, YC Wu, HJ Li - Trends in Food Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The high hydrophobicity of prolamin results in the mucoadhesive properties,
enabling it suitable for oral delivery. Prolamin could self-assemble into nanospheres for a …

Single-layer assembly of multifunctional carboxymethylcellulose on graphene oxide nanoparticles for improving in vivo curcumin delivery into tumor cells

F Sahne, M Mohammadi… - ACS Biomaterials Science …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanodrug delivery systems are considered as promising therapeutic platforms to convey
drugs to tumor cells. In this study, a single layer of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and poly N …

Nanoencapsulation and delivery of bioactive ingredients using zein nanocarriers: approaches, characterization, applications, and perspectives

Y Lei, Y Lee - Food Science and Biotechnology, 2024 - Springer
Zein has garnered widespread attention as a versatile material for nanosized delivery
systems due to its unique self-assembly properties, amphiphilicity, and biocompatibility …

Development of Folate-functionalized PEGylated Zein nanoparticles for ligand-directed delivery of paclitaxel

ZC Soe, W Ou, M Gautam, K Poudel, BK Kim, LM Pham… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigated the active targeted delivery of a hydrophobic drug, paclitaxel
(PTX), via receptor-mediated endocytosis by folate receptors expressed on cancer cells …

Cytochrome c light-up graphene oxide nanosensor for the targeted self-monitoring of mitochondria-mediated tumor cell death

C Han, X Xu, C Zhang, D Yan, S Liao, C Zhang… - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Targeting mitochondria-mediated apoptosis has emerged as a promising strategy for tumor
therapy. However, technologies used to treat tumors that enable the direct visualization of …

Nanotheranostics: platforms, current applications, and mechanisms of targeting in breast and prostate cancers

PA Akpa, IE Peter, AM Onwuka, BC Obi… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globally, cancer is one of the deadliest diseases, needing a meticulous diagnosis and
targeted treatment plan to achieve an initial prognosis, followed by precision and …

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) derived nanogels demonstrated thermosensitive self-assembly and GSH-triggered drug release for efficient tumor Therapy

J Chen, M Wu, H Veroniaina, S Mukhopadhyay… - Polymer …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, interest in stimuli-responsive core–shell nanogels as drug delivery systems for
tumor therapy has increased. Here, a temperature-activated drug locking and glutathione …

Nanotechnology and curcumin: A novel and promising approach in digestive cancer therapy

Y Zhang, Z Li, Y Huang, Y Xu, B Zou - Nanomedicine, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study reviews the application of nanotechnology and curcumin, a polyphenol extracted
from turmeric, in treating digestive cancers, one of the most common types of malignancies …

Protein nanocarriers for the delivery of phytoconstituents

R Solanki, S Patel - Nanotechnology Based Delivery of Phytoconstituents …, 2024 - Springer
Phytoconstituents are well known for their anticancer activities. They are considered as the
best alternatives of chemotherapeutic drugs because of their less toxicity to healthy cells and …

Sericin grafted multifunctional curcumin loaded fluorinated graphene oxide nanomedicines with charge switching properties for effective cancer cell targeting

M Jahanshahi, E Kowsari, V Haddadi-Asl… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fluorinated graphene has recently gained much attention for cancer drug delivery, owing to
its peculiar properties including high electronegativity difference, magnetic resonance …