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State-of-the-Art Drug Delivery in Europe
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State-of-the-Art Drug Delivery in Europe

A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 5468

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Anca-Maria Arseniu

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Preclinical Department, Faculty of Medicine, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga St., 550169 Sibiu, Romania
Interests: drug delivery; drug design and synthesis; structural characterization; biological activity evaluation; structure-activity relationship; medicinal chemistry; pharmacovigilance
Dr. Adriana Aurelia Chiș

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Preclinical Department, Faculty of Medicine, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga St., 550169 Sibiu, Romania
Interests: drug delivery strategies; nanoparticles; dendrimers conjugated with bioactive compounds; polymers conjugated with bioactive compounds; chronic diseases therapy; diagnosis; pharmacovigilance
Dr. Luca-Liviu Rus

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1. Department of Physical Chemistry, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania
2. Qualified Person, Quality Assurance Department, Polisano Pharmaceuticals, Sibiu, Romania
Interests: analytical method development; analytical method validation; NIR Spectroscopy; chemometrics; quality control of health products; drug delivery; cosmetics
Dr. Claudiu Morgovan

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Preclinical Department, Faculty of Medicine, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga St., 550169 Sibiu, Romania
Interests: natural products; safety and effectiveness of health products; chronic diseases; pharmacovigilance; nutrivigilance; drug delivery
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Dr. Jean A. Boutin

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Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France
Interests: melatonin; enzymes; receptors; myristoylation; peptide; pseudopeptides; drug discovery; VHH
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, modern strategies in healthcare involve the development of drug delivery systems for targeted therapy and controlled drug release to improve clinical outcomes. The safety and effectiveness of many innovative delivery systems containing synthetic active substances or natural compounds, especially macromolecules, are being investigated. These innovative systems are developed based on a wealth of knowledge in the fields of pharmaceutical, medicine and engineering.

For this Special Issue, the authors are invited to present a wide range of topics on drug delivery including recent advances in the design and fabrication of health products, natural product-based delivery systems, and characterization of their efficiency and safety profile based on in vitro or in vivo studies.

For this Special Issue, we are soliciting the submission of original articles or review articles from researchers based in Europe, where the main focus of the article is research carried out in the field of drug delivery.

Best regards,

Dr. Anca-Maria Arseniu
Dr. Adriana Aurelia Chiș
Dr. Luca-Liviu Rus
Dr. Claudiu Morgovan
Dr. Jean A. Boutin
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • drug delivery
  • treatment
  • chronic disease
  • cancer therapy
  • nanoparticles
  • dendrimers
  • polymers
  • macromolecules
  • bioactive compounds
  • pharmaceutical formulations
  • efficiency and safety profile

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Cyclodipeptides: From Their Green Synthesis to Anti-Age Activity
by Veronica Mosetti, Beatrice Rosetti, Giovanni Pierri, Ottavia Bellotto, Simone Adorinni, Antonella Bandiera, Gianpiero Adami, Consiglia Tedesco, Matteo Crosera, Greta Camilla Magnano and Silvia Marchesan
Biomedicines 2022, 10(10), 2342; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102342 - 20 Sep 2022
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Cyclodipeptides (CDPs) or diketopiperazines (DKPs) are often found in nature and in foodstuff and beverages and have attracted great interest for their bioactivities, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. In the laboratory, they can be prepared by green procedures, such as microwave-assisted cyclization of linear dipeptides [...] Read more.
Cyclodipeptides (CDPs) or diketopiperazines (DKPs) are often found in nature and in foodstuff and beverages and have attracted great interest for their bioactivities, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. In the laboratory, they can be prepared by green procedures, such as microwave-assisted cyclization of linear dipeptides in water, as performed in this study. In particular, five CDPs were prepared and characterized by a variety of methods, including NMR and ESI-MS spectroscopies and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), and their cytocompatibility and anti-aging activity was tested in vitro, as well as their ability to penetrate the different layers of the skin. Although their mechanism of action remains to be elucidated, this proof-of-concept study lays the basis for their future use in anti-age cosmetic applications. Full article
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Novel Chloro-Substituted Salicylanilide Derivatives and Their β-Cyclodextrin Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity
by Ioana Maria Carmen Ienașcu, Adina Căta, Mariana Nela Ştefănuț, Iuliana Popescu, Gerlinde Rusu, Paula Sfîrloagă, Daniel Ursu, Cristina Moşoarcă, Anamaria Dabici, Corina Danciu, Delia Muntean and Raluca Pop
Biomedicines 2022, 10(7), 1740; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10071740 - 19 Jul 2022
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The goal of this research was to design novel chloro-substituted salicylanilide derivatives and their β-cyclodextrin complexes in order to obtain efficient antibacterial compounds and to demonstrate the beneficial role of complexation on the efficiency of these compounds. Thus, salicylanilide derivatives, esters, and hydrazides [...] Read more.
The goal of this research was to design novel chloro-substituted salicylanilide derivatives and their β-cyclodextrin complexes in order to obtain efficient antibacterial compounds and to demonstrate the beneficial role of complexation on the efficiency of these compounds. Thus, salicylanilide derivatives, esters, and hydrazides were obtained by microwave-assisted synthesis and their structure proven based on FTIR and NMR spectra. In order to improve water solubility, chemical and physical stability, and drug distribution through biological membranes, the inclusion complexes of the ethyl esters in β-cyclodextrin were also obtained using kneading. Inclusion-complex characterization was accomplished by modern analytical methods, X-ray diffraction, SEM, TGA, FTIR, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The newly synthesized compounds were tested against some Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Antimicrobial tests revealed good activity on Gram-positive bacteria and no inhibition against Gram-negative strains. The MIC and MBC values for compounds derived from N-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxybenzamide were 0.125–1.0 mg/mL. N-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxybenzamide derivatives were found to be less active. The inclusion complexes generally behaved similarly to the guest compounds, and antibacterial activity was not been altered by complexation. Full article
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