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ArticleMarine drugs2014

Preparation and characterization of antioxidant nanoparticles composed of chitosan and fucoidan for antibiotics delivery.

Yi-Cheng Huang, Rou-Ying Li

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Article in Marine drugs, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yi-Cheng HuangDepartment of Food Science, College of Life Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan. ychuang@mail.ntou.edu.tw.
Rou-Ying LiDepartment of Food Science, College of Life Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan. d91548006@ntu.edu.tw.
National Taiwan Ocean University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we developed novel chitosan/fucoidan nanoparticles (CS/F NPs) using a simple polyelectrolyte self-assembly method and evaluated their potential to be antioxidant carriers. As the CS/F weight ratio was 5/1, the CS/F NPs were spherical and exhibited diameters of approximately 230-250 nm, as demonstrated by TEM. These CS/F NPs maintained compactness and stability for 25 day in phosphate-buffered saline (pH 6.0-7.4). The CS/F NPs exhibited highly potent antioxidant effects by scavenging 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), reducing the concentration of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and superoxide anion (O2-) in stimulated macrophages. The DPPH scavenging effect of CS/F NPs primarily derives from fucoidan. Furthermore, these CS/F NPs activated no host immune cells into inflammation-mediated cytotoxic conditions induced by IL-6 production and NO generation. The MTT cell viability assay revealed an absence of toxicity in A549 cells after exposure to the formulations containing 0.375 mg NPs/mL to 3 mg NPs/mL. Gentamicin (GM), an antibiotic, was used as a model drug for an in vitro releasing test. The CS/F NPs controlled the release of GM for up to 72 h, with 99% of release. The antioxidant CS/F NPs prepared in this study could thus be effective in delivering antibiotics to the lungs, particularly for airway inflammatory diseases.

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AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntioxidantsBiphenyl CompoundsCell LineCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalChitosanDrug CarriersHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInterleukin-6MacrophagesMiceNanoparticlesNitric Oxide1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazylAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntioxidantsBiphenyl CompoundsChitosanDrug CarriersfucoidanInterleukin-6Nitric OxidePicratesPolysaccharidesReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxides

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PMID25089950
PMCPMC4145322
OpenAlexW2038951518

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