Crystal engineering of pharmaceutical cocrystals in the discovery and development of improved drugs

G Bolla, B Sarma, AK Nangia - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The subject of crystal engineering started in the 1970s with the study of topochemical
reactions in the solid state. A broad chemical definition of crystal engineering was published …

Nanocrystals as a master key to deliver hydrophobic drugs via multiple administration routes

MB McGuckin, J Wang, R Ghanma, N Qin… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The poor aqueous solubility of many approved drugs and most new chemical entities poses
a challenge to drug delivery scientists working in academic and industrial labs. Despite the …

Nanomaterials in anticancer applications and their mechanism of action-A review

CGA Das, VG Kumar, TS Dhas, V Karthick… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
The current challenges in cancer treatment using conventional therapies have made the
emergence of nanotechnology with more advancements. The exponential growth of …

Biological and intracellular fates of drug nanocrystals through different delivery routes: Recent development enabled by bioimaging and PK modeling

Y Lv, W Wu, CD Corpstein, T Li, Y Lu - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanocrystals have contributed to exciting improvements in the delivery of poorly
water-soluble drugs. The biological and intracellular fates of nanocrystals are currently …

Recent progress of nanocarrier-based therapy for solid malignancies

QY Wei, YM Xu, ATY Lau - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although conventional anti-cancer drugs have been the footstone in the
fight against cancer, yet they are far from optimal due to issues related with indiscriminate …

Drug nanocrystals: Fabrication methods and promising therapeutic applications

IS Mohammad, H Hu, L Yin, W He - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2019 - Elsevier
The drug nanocrystals (NCs) with unique physicochemical properties are now considered
as a promising drug delivery system for poorly water-soluble drugs. So far> 20 formulations …

[HTML][HTML] Injected nanocrystals for targeted drug delivery

Y Lu, Y Li, W Wu - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanocrystals are pure drug crystals with sizes in the nanometer range. Due to the
advantages of high drug loading, platform stability, and ease of scaling-up, nanocrystals …

Multi-functional chitosan polymeric micelles as oral paclitaxel delivery systems for enhanced bioavailability and anti-tumor efficacy

L Tu, G Wang, N Qi, W Wu, W Zhang, J Feng - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan is widely used as a permeation enhancer for oral drug delivery, although its
drawbacks include a limited enhancement of drug bioavailability and an inability to form …

Nanocrystals: A perspective on translational research and clinical studies

M Jarvis, V Krishnan, S Mitragotri - … & translational medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Poorly soluble small molecules typically pose translational hurdles owing to their low
solubility, low bioavailability, and formulation challenges. Nanocrystallization is a versatile …

Paclitaxel drug delivery systems: Focus on nanocrystals' surface modifications

R Haddad, N Alrabadi, B Altaani, T Li - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Paclitaxel (PTX) is a chemotherapeutic agent that belongs to the taxane family and which
was approved to treat various kinds of cancers including breast cancer, ovarian cancer …