JOURNAL ARTICLE

Self-assembled pH-responsive supramolecular hydrogel for hydrophobic drug delivery

Lin WangXuefeng ShiJian ZhangYuejun ZhuJinben Wang

Year: 2018 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 8 (55)Pages: 31581-31587   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Supramolecular hydrogel, AGC16/NTS, was used to encapsulate hydrophobic drug curcumin (Cur), constructing a pH-responsive drug delivery system; the uptake of released Cur by cancer cells also occurred.

Keywords:
Dynamic light scattering Curcumin Hydrophobic effect Chemistry Drug delivery Supramolecular chemistry Cationic polymerization Pulmonary surfactant Chemical engineering Nuclear chemistry Polymer chemistry Nanotechnology Molecule Materials science Organic chemistry Nanoparticle Biochemistry

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Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Medicine
Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
Physical Sciences →  Chemistry →  Organic Chemistry
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Biomaterials
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