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ArticleFuture science OA2018

Stabilizers influence drug-polymer interactions and physicochemical properties of disulfiram-loaded poly-lactide-co-glycolide nanoparticles.

Muddasarul Hoda, Shamim Akhtar Sufi, Bindumadhuri Cavuturu, Rukkumani Rajagopalan

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Article in Future science OA, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Muddasarul HodaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Aliah University, Kolkata, 700 156, India.
Shamim Akhtar SufiDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605 014, India.
Bindumadhuri CavuturuInterdisciplinary Programme for Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605 014, India.
Rukkumani RajagopalanDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605 014, India.
Pondicherry University · INGTx (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimStabilizers are known to be an integral component of polymeric nanostructures. Ideally, they manipulate physicochemical properties of nanoparticles. Based on this hypothesis, we demonstrated that disulfiram (drug) and Poly-lactide-co-glycolide (polymer) interactions and physicochemical properties of their nanoparticles formulations are significantly influenced by the choice of stabilizers. METHODOLOGY: Electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffraction, Raman spectrum analysis, isothermal titration calorimetry and RESULTS & DISCUSSION: Polysorbate 80 imparted highest crystallinity while Triton-X 100 imparted highest rigidity, possibly influencing drug bioavailability, blood-retention time, cellular uptake and sustained drug release. All the molecular interactions were hydrophobic in nature and entropy driven. Therefore, polymeric nanoparticles may be critically manipulated to streamline the passive targeting of drug-loaded nanoparticles.

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drug deliverydrug–polymer interactionnanoparticlesPLGApolymer degradationstabilizers

Identifiers

PMID29379637
PMCPMC5778387
OpenAlexW2765344359

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