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New Drug Delivery System

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2018) | Viewed by 5289

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Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Interests: colloid systems; multifunctional nanoparticles; transdermal and topical delivery; polymeric nanoparticles; controlled release
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Department Pharmacy, Health and Nutrition Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy
Interests: drug delivery; drug delivery systems; liposomes; niosomes; drug targeting; liquid crystal for drug delivery; drug transdermal release

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Drug delivery is the method or process of administering a pharmaceutical compound to achieve a therapeutic effect in humans or animals. Delivering drugs at controlled rate, slow delivery, targeted delivery are other very attractive methods and have been pursued enthusiastically.

Various drug delivery and targeting systems have been developed in order to minimize drug degradation and adverse effect, and to increase drug bioavailability. Site-specific drug delivery may be either an active and/or passive process.

In the last few years, researchers have appreciated the potential benefits of nanotechnologies in providing vast improvements to drug delivery and targeting. Improving delivery techniques that minimize toxicity and increase efficacy offer great potential benefits to patients, and open up new markets for pharmaceutical companies.

As Guest Editor, I invite researchers to submit their relevant studies on this topic to Special Issue of Molecules. The aim of this issue is to provide a recent insight into the new nanotechnologies useful for drug delivery.

Prof. Dr. Rita Muzzalupo
Dr. Lorena Tavano
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Nanoparticle in drug delivery
  • Liposome in drug delivery
  • Niosome in drug delivery
  • Polymeric carrier in drug delivery
  • Nanotechnologies for Drug targeting
  • Nanotechnologies for Gene therapy
  • Nanotechnologies for Transdermal delivery
  • Nanotechnologies for Cancer therapy
  • Theranostic nanoparticles
  • Magnetic nanoparticles

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A Novel Method to Improve the Anticancer Activity of Natural-Based Hydroxyapatite against the Liver Cancer Cell Line HepG2 Using Mesoporous Magnesia as a Micro-Carrier
by Nasser S. Awwad, Ali M. Alshahrani, Kamel A. Saleh and Mohamed S. Hamdy
Molecules 2017, 22(12), 1947; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22121947 - 24 Nov 2017
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Abstract
Micro-carriers are the best known vehicles to transport different kinds of drugs to achieve high impact. In this study, mesoporous magnesium oxide has been harnessed as a micro-carrier to encapsulate the anticancer candidate drug natural-based cubic hydroxyapatite (HAP). HAP@MgO composites with different HAP [...] Read more.
Micro-carriers are the best known vehicles to transport different kinds of drugs to achieve high impact. In this study, mesoporous magnesium oxide has been harnessed as a micro-carrier to encapsulate the anticancer candidate drug natural-based cubic hydroxyapatite (HAP). HAP@MgO composites with different HAP loading (0–60 wt %), were prepared by a hydrothermal treatment method using triethanol amine as a template. The characterization of the prepared composites were achieved by using XRD, Raman spectroscopy, FTIR and SEM. Characterization data confirm the formation of sphere-like structures of MgO containing HAP particles. It was observed that the size of the spheres increased with HAP loading up to 40 wt %, then collapsed. Furthermore, the anticancer property of the prepared composites was evaluated against the HepG2 liver cancer cell line. The HAP@MgO composites exhibited higher activity than neat MgO or HAP. The 20 wt % of HAP was the optimum loading to control cell proliferation by inducing apoptosis. Apoptosis was determined by typical apoptotic bodies produced by the cell membrane. Full article
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