Nano-drug co-delivery system of natural active ingredients and chemotherapy drugs for cancer treatment: a review

B Li, H Shao, L Gao, H Li, H Sheng, L Zhu - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Chemotherapy drugs have been used for a long time in the treatment of cancer, but serious
side effects are caused by the inability of the drug to be solely delivered to the tumor when …

Traditional herbal medicine and nanomedicine: Converging disciplines to improve therapeutic efficacy and human health

J Zhang, K Hu, L Di, P Wang, Z Liu, J Zhang… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditional herbal medicine (THM), an ancient science, is a gift from nature. For thousands of
years, it has helped humans fight diseases and protect life, health, and reproduction …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-cancer potential of cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids present in cannabis

AM Tomko, EG Whynot, LD Ellis, DJ Dupré - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, and even more since its legalization in several jurisdictions, cannabis and
the endocannabinoid system have received an increasing amount of interest related to their …

Medicinal properties of terpenes found in Cannabis sativa and Humulus lupulus

T Nuutinen - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Cannabaceae plants Cannabis sativa L. and Humulus lupulus L. are rich in terpenes–both
are typically comprised of terpenes as up to 3–5% of the dry-mass of the female …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding of human ATP binding cassette superfamily and novel multidrug resistance modulators to overcome MDR

IS Mohammad, W He, L Yin - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Indeed, multi-drug resistance (MDR) is a significant obstacle to effective chemotherapy. The
overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) membrane transporters is a principal cause …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nanoparticle-based co-delivery systems for cancer therapy

RD Al Bostami, WH Abuwatfa, GA Husseini - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer therapies have advanced tremendously throughout the last decade, yet multiple
factors still hinder the success of the different cancer therapeutics. The traditional therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products as chemo-radiation therapy sensitizers in cancers

S Nisar, T Masoodi, KS Prabhu, S Kuttikrishnan… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is a devastating disease and is the second leading cause of death worldwide.
Surgery, chemotherapy (CT), and/or radiation therapy (RT) are the treatment of choice for …

Overcoming drug-resistant lung cancer by paclitaxel loaded tetrahedral DNA nanostructures

X Xie, X Shao, W Ma, D Zhao, S Shi, Q Li, Y Lin - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Paclitaxel (PTX) is an effective drug against diseases such as lung cancer, ovarian cancer,
and breast cancer. However, multidrug resistance limits the clinical applications of this drug …

Curcumin-entrapped MUC-1 aptamer targeted dendrimer-gold hybrid nanostructure as a theranostic system for colon adenocarcinoma

M Alibolandi, F Hoseini, M Mohammadi… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Gold NPs have great potential in biomedical applications. PAMAM dendrimers are spherical,
hyper branched macromolecules which can encapsulate therapeutic molecules while …

Borneol: a promising monoterpenoid in enhancing drug delivery across various physiological barriers

M Kulkarni, N Sawant, A Kolapkar, A Huprikar… - AAPS …, 2021 - Springer
Incorporation of permeation enhancers is one of the most widely employed approaches for
delivering drugs across biological membranes. Permeation enhancers aid in delivering …