Non-ionic surfactants for stabilization of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical uses

H Cortés, H Hernández-Parra, SA Bernal-Chávez… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surfactants are essential in the manufacture of polymeric nanoparticles by emulsion
formation methods and to preserve the stability of carriers in liquid media. The deposition of …

The influence of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems in drug therapy

N Aminu, I Bello, NM Umar, N Tanko, A Aminu… - Journal of drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
The advancement in medical sciences and perturbing limitations of some conventional drug
delivery systems have triggered extensive research in nanomedicine, and there have been …

Development of mucoadhesive modified kappa‐carrageenan/pectin patches for controlled delivery of drug in the buccal cavity

B Özkahraman, Z Özbaş, G Yaşayan… - … Research Part B …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, modified kappa‐carrageenan/pectin hydrogel patches were fabricated for
treatment of buccal fungal infections. For this purpose, kappa‐carrageenan‐g‐acrylic acid …

Combination therapy to treat fungal biofilm-based infections

J Tits, BPA Cammue, K Thevissen - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
An increasing number of people is affected by fungal biofilm-based infections, which are
resistant to the majority of currently-used antifungal drugs. Such infections are often caused …

Repositioning of drugs for Parkinson's disease and pharmaceutical nanotechnology tools for their optimization

H Hernández-Parra, H Cortés… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly affects patients' quality of life and represents a high
economic burden for health systems. Given the lack of safe and effective treatments for PD …

Recent Developments on Using Nanomaterials to Combat Candida albicans

B Li, L Pan, H Zhang, L Xie, X Wang, J Shou… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vaginal candidiasis (VC) is a common disease of women and the main pathogen is Candida
albicans (C. albicans). C. albicans infection incidence especially its drug resistance have …

Sertaconazole-PLGA nanoparticles for management of ocular keratitis

NE Eleraky, MA Attia, MA Safwat - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ocular fungal infections can pose severe health conditions that may develop into vision
impairment and blindness. Sertaconazole (STZ) is a widely used antifungal; however, its low …

Catalytic nanomedicine: a brief review of bionanocatalysts

TM López-Goerne, FJ Padilla-Godínez… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Catalytic nanomedicine is a research area and source of disruptive technology that studies
the application of bionanocatalysts (organically functionalized mesoporous nanostructured …

A poly-δ-decalactone (PDL) based nanoemulgel for topical delivery of ketoconazole and eugenol against Candida albicans

P Dubey, A Kumar, KK Vaiphei, S Basrani… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This study aimed to investigate the potential of poly-δ-decalactone (PDL) and a block
copolymer (methoxy-poly (ethylene glycol)-b-poly-δ-decalactone (mPEG-b-PDL)) in the …

Cylindrical microparticles composed of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of a small molecule and a macromolecular drug to the lungs …

T Fischer, I Winter, R Drumm, M Schneider - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The transport of macromolecular drugs such as oligonucleotides into the lungs has become
increasingly relevant in recent years due to their high potency. However, the chemical …