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ReviewDrug delivery and translational research2020

Nanotechnology to improve the Alzheimer's disease therapy with natural compounds.

Maria João Ramalho, Stephanie Andrade, Joana Angélica Loureiro, Maria do Carmo Pereira

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Review in Drug delivery and translational research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Maria João RamalhoLEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2428-7520
Stephanie AndradeLEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6918-8775
Joana Angélica LoureiroLEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal. joana.loureiro@fe.up.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-9841-3967
Maria do Carmo PereiraLEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal. mcsp@fe.up.pt.ORCID 0000-0001-8505-3432

Funding

ASK, ADVISE, REFER: Promoting Pharmacy-based Referrals to Tobacco QuitlinesR01CA129312 · NCI · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI HUDMON, KAREN S · 2008 to 2010
$1.1M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a form of dementia with high impact worldwide, accounting with more than 46 million cases. It is estimated that the number of patients will be four times higher in 2050. The initial symptoms of AD are almost imperceptible and typically involve lapses of memory in recent events. However, the available medicines still focus on controlling the symptoms and do not cure the disease. Regarding the advances in the discovery of new treatments for this devastating disease, natural compounds are gaining increasing relevance in the treatment of AD. Nevertheless, they present some limiting characteristics such as the low bioavailability and the low ability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that hinder the development of effective therapies. To overcome these issues, the delivery of natural products by targeting nanocarriers has aroused a great interest, improving the therapeutic activity of these molecules. In this article, a review of the research progress on drug delivery systems (DDS) to improve the therapeutic activity of natural compounds with neuroprotective effects for AD is presented. Graphical abstract.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiological AvailabilityBiological ProductsBlood-Brain BarrierClinical Trials as TopicDrug Delivery SystemsHumansNanostructuresBiological ProductsBlood-brain barrierBrain deliveryDrug deliveryNanoparticleNatural productNeurodegenerative disorder

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