Nanomedicine for increasing the oral bioavailability of cancer treatments

A Parodi, P Buzaeva, D Nigovora, A Baldin… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Oral administration is an appealing route of delivering cancer treatments. However, the
gastrointestinal tract is characterized by specific and efficient physical, chemical, and …

α-Lactalbumin, amazing calcium-binding protein

EA Permyakov - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
α-Lactalbumin (α-LA) is a small (Mr 14,200), acidic (pI 4–5), Ca2+-binding protein. α-LA is a
regulatory component of lactose synthase enzyme system functioning in the lactating …

Milk-derived exosomes for oral delivery of paclitaxel

AK Agrawal, F Aqil, J Jeyabalan, WA Spencer… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
In this report milk-derived exosomes have been investigated for oral delivery of the
chemotherapeutic drug paclitaxel (PAC) as an alternative to conventional iv therapy for …

Exosomes for the enhanced tissue bioavailability and efficacy of curcumin

F Aqil, R Munagala, J Jeyabalan, AK Agrawal… - The AAPS journal, 2017 - Springer
Exosomes are extracellular microvesicles with a particle size of 30–100 nm and carry a
cargo of proteins, lipids, RNA, and DNA. Their properties of shuttling in-and-out of the cells …

Exosomal formulation of anthocyanidins against multiple cancer types

R Munagala, F Aqil, J Jeyabalan, AK Agrawal… - Cancer letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, berries and berry bioactives, particularly anthocyanins and their
aglycones anthocyanidins (Anthos) have demonstrated excellent anti-oxidant, anti …

Divergent anticancer activity of free and formulated camel milk α-lactalbumin

VN Uversky, EM El-Fakharany, MM Abu-Serie… - Cancer …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Alpha-lactalbumin (α-LA), a small milk calcium-binding globular protein, is
known to possess noticeable anticancer activity, which is determined by the ability of this …

[HTML][HTML] Drug-loaded oleic-acid grafted mesoporous silica nanoparticles conjugated with α-lactalbumin resembling BAMLET-like anticancer agent with improved …

W Pei, L Cai, X Gong, L Zhang, J Zhang, P Zhu… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite its prominent therapeutic efficacy, chemotherapy has raised serious concerns due to
the severe adverse effects and multidrug resistance evoked, which propels the search for …

The use of human, bovine, and camel milk albumins in anticancer complexes with oleic acid

EM El-Fakharany, MM Abu-Serie, EA Litus… - The Protein …, 2018 - Springer
Oleic acid (OA) is a monounsaturated fatty acid that upon binding to milk proteins, such as α-
lactalbumin and lactoferrin, forms potent complexes, which exert selective anti-tumor activity …

Thymoquinone, an active constituent of Nigella sativa seeds, binds with bilirubin and protects mice from hyperbilirubinemia and cyclophosphamide-induced …

AA Laskar, MA Khan, AH Rahmani, S Fatima… - Biochimie, 2016 - Elsevier
Some reports indicate that thymoquinone (TQ), the main constituent of Nigella sativa seeds,
is hepatoprotective. The aim of this study was to determine whether TQ is able to bind …

Stable self-assembled nanostructured hen egg white lysozyme exhibits strong anti-proliferative activity against breast cancer cells

S Mahanta, S Paul, A Srivastava, A Pastor… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy side effects have long been a matter of great concern. Here we describe a
structurally stable self-assembled nanostructured lysozyme (snLYZ) synthesized using a …