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Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery
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Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via combining the characteristics of a hydrogel system with a nanoparticle, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.About:
This article is published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.The article was published on 2008-12-14. It has received 1704 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanogel & Drug carrier.read more
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Chitosan-Based Nano-Embedded Microparticles: Impact of Nanogel Composition on Physicochemical Properties.
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Chitosan/PVA hydrogels incorporated with green synthesized cerium oxide nanoparticles for wound healing applications
TL;DR: In this article, a polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan/CeO2-NPs hydrogel was synthesized via the freeze-thaw technique with 0 to 1% (wt) 5nm cerium oxide nanoparticles and showed better antibacterial activities after just 12 hours (with MRSA but not E coli) and healthy human dermal fibroblast viabilities up to 5 days (more than 90%) compared to the control group.
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Peptide-based hydrogel nanoparticles as effective drug delivery agents.
TL;DR: The results clearly indicate that Fmoc-FF based hydrogel nanoparticles have the potential to be used as encapsulation and delivery system of various drugs and bioactive molecules.
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Miconazole-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) for local delivery to the oral mucosa: improving antifungal activity.
Alves Mendes,Ana Catarina Silva,José A. M. Catita,Fátima Cerqueira,Carla Gabriel,Carla Martins Lopes +5 more
TL;DR: It was demonstrated that the encapsulation of miconazole in NLC allows for obtaining the same therapeutic effect of a commercial oral gel formulation, using a 17-fold lower dose of miconsazole.
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Bio-inspired encapsulation and functionalization of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Samson O. Aisida,Paul A. Akpa,Ishaq Ahmad,Tingkai Zhao,Malik Maaza,Malik Maaza,Fabian I. Ezema +6 more
TL;DR: Recent advances in the development of FeO-NPs from fabrication to applications and the state-of-the-arts synthetic routes are discussed, with special attention to the biopolymer surface functionalization of FeNPs now and future perspective of drug delivery in oncologic disease therapy chiefly cancer cells.
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Environment-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery
Yong Qiu,Kinam Park +1 more
TL;DR: Development of environmentally sensitive hydrogels with a wide array of desirable properties can be made is a formidable challenge, however, if the achievements of the past can be extrapolated into the future, it is highly likely that responsive hydrogelWith such properties can been made.
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