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ArticleScientific reports2020

A competent bidrug loaded water soluble chitosan derivative for the effective inhibition of breast cancer.

Nivethaa E A K, Baskar S, Catherine Ann Martin, Ramana Ramya J, Stephen A, Narayanan V, Lakshmi B S, Olga V Frank-Kamenetskaya, Subathra Radhakrishnan, Narayana Kalkura S

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nivethaa E A KCrystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, India.
Baskar SCrystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, India.
Catherine Ann MartinCrystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, India.
Ramana Ramya JNational Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India.
Stephen ADepartment of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India.
Narayanan VDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, 600025, India.
Lakshmi B SCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, India.
Olga V Frank-KamenetskayaDepartment of Crystallography, Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
Subathra RadhakrishnanNational foundation for liver research, Global hospitals, Perumbakkam, Chennai, 600100, India.
Narayana Kalkura SCrystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, India. kalkura@yahoo.com.
Anna University, Chennai · INUniversity of Madras · INGlobal Hospitals · INSt Petersburg University · RU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug resistance and damage caused to the normal cells are the drawbacks which have limited the use of the existing effective anticancer drugs. Attainment of a steady and extended release by encapsulating dual drugs into biocompatible and biodegradable vehicles is the key to enable the use of these drugs for effective inhibition of cancer. In this study, carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS), a proficient water-soluble derivative of chitosan has been synthesized using chemical route and used for the delivery of 5-Fluorouracil and doxorubicin individually as well as in combination. Carboxymethylation occuring at -NH

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Breast NeoplasmsChitosanDoxorubicinDrug CarriersDrug LiberationFluorouracilHumansInhibitory Concentration 50MCF-7 CellsSolubilityWatercarboxymethyl-chitosanChitosanDoxorubicinDrug CarriersFluorouracilWater

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PMID32132583
PMCPMC7055325
OpenAlexW3009493617

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