Lactoferrin, a multi-functional glycoprotein: Active therapeutic, drug nanocarrier & targeting ligand

AO Elzoghby, MA Abdelmoneem, IA Hassanin… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent progress in protein-based nanomedicine, inspired by the success of Abraxane®
albumin-paclitaxel nanoparticles, have resulted in novel therapeutics used for treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Lipidic lyotropic liquid crystals: Insights on biomedical applications

G Blanco-Fernández, B Blanco-Fernandez… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Liquid crystals (LCs) possess unique physicochemical properties, translatable into a wide
range of applications. To date, lipidic lyotropic LCs (LLCs) have been extensively explored …

Chondroitin sulfate-based composites: a tour d'horizon of their biomedical applications

MAS Abourehab, S Baisakhiya, A Aggarwal… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chondroitin sulfate (CS), a natural anionic mucopolysaccharide, belonging to the
glycosaminoglycan family, acts as the primary element of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of …

Lactoferrin coated or conjugated nanomaterials as an active targeting approach in nanomedicine

MM Agwa, S Sabra - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021 - Elsevier
A successful drug delivery to a specific site relies on two essential factors including; efficient
entrapment of the drug within the carrier and successful delivery of drug-loaded nanocarrier …

Nanotherapeutics for pulmonary drug delivery: An emerging approach to overcome respiratory diseases

E Kole, K Jadhav, N Shirsath, P Dudhe… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pulmonary diseases pose an immense threat to global health. Several nanotherapeutics-
based approaches aimed to tackle pulmonary ailments in recent years. The current …

Design of lactoferrin functionalized carboxymethyl dextran coated egg albumin nanoconjugate for targeted delivery of capsaicin: Spectroscopic and cytotoxicity studies

H Rajput, S Nangare, Z Khan, A Patil, S Bari… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increased mortality rates associated with colorectal cancer highlight the pressing need
for improving treatment approaches. While capsaicin (CAP) has shown promising anticancer …

Afatinib-loaded inhalable PLGA nanoparticles for localized therapy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—development and in-vitro efficacy

RS Elbatanony, V Parvathaneni, NS Kulkarni… - Drug delivery and …, 2021 - Springer
Afatinib (AFA) is a potent aniline–quinazoline derivative, approved by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) in 2013, as a first-line treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung …

Recent advances in the development of multifunctional lipid-based nanoparticles for co-delivery, combination treatment strategies, and theranostics in breast and lung …

YS Loo, NI Zahid, T Madheswaran, IDM Azmi - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer nanomedicines and the development of state-of-the-art multifunctional lipid-based
nanoparticles (NPs) has become a fundamental resource in resolving challenging …

Potential of lactoferrin in the treatment of lung diseases

K Kaczyńska, M Jampolska, P Wojciechowski… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional iron-binding glycoprotein that exhibits a variety of
properties, such as immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer, that …

Development of encapsulation strategies and composite edible films to maintain lactoferrin bioactivity: A review

I Abad, C Conesa, L Sánchez - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lactoferrin (LF) is a whey protein with various and valuable biological activities. For this
reason, LF has been used as a supplement in formula milk and functional products …