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ReviewInternational journal of pharmaceutical investigation

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles in target drug delivery system: A review.

Charu Bharti, Upendra Nagaich, Ashok Kumar Pal, Neha Gulati

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Review in International journal of pharmaceutical investigation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 222 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

222 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Charu BhartiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Bharat Institute of Technology, Partapur By Pass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Upendra NagaichDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity university, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ashok Kumar PalDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Bharat Institute of Technology, Partapur By Pass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Neha GulatiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Bharat Institute of Technology, Partapur By Pass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to lack of specification and solubility of drug molecules, patients have to take high doses of the drug to achieve the desired therapeutic effects for the treatment of diseases. To solve these problems, there are various drug carriers present in the pharmaceuticals, which can used to deliver therapeutic agents to the target site in the body. Mesoporous silica materials become known as a promising candidate that can overcome above problems and produce effects in a controllable and sustainable manner. In particular, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are widely used as a delivery reagent because silica possesses favorable chemical properties, thermal stability, and biocompatibility. The unique mesoporous structure of silica facilitates effective loading of drugs and their subsequent controlled release of the target site. The properties of mesoporous, including pore size, high drug loading, and porosity as well as the surface properties, can be altered depending on additives used to prepare MSNs. Active surface enables functionalization to changed surface properties and link therapeutic molecules. They are used as widely in the field of diagnosis, target drug delivery, bio-sensing, cellular uptake, etc., in the bio-medical field. This review aims to present the state of knowledge of silica containing mesoporous nanoparticles and specific application in various biomedical fields.

Indexed as

Bio-distributionevaporation-induced self-assemblymesoporous silica nanoparticlessilica precursorssurface functionalizationtarget drug delivery

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PMID26258053
PMCPMC4522861

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