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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Polymeric Nanoparticles: Production, Characterization, Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Aleksandra Zielińska, Filipa Carreiró, Ana M Oliveira, Andreia Neves, Bárbara Pires, D Nagasamy Venkatesh, Alessandra Durazzo, Massimo Lucarini, Piotr Eder, Amélia M Silva and 2 more

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 545 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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545citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Aleksandra ZielińskaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2603-1377
Filipa CarreiróDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Ana M OliveiraDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Andreia NevesDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Bárbara PiresDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
D Nagasamy VenkateshJSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Ooty 643 001, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9347-0228
Alessandra DurazzoCREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7747-9107
Massimo LucariniCREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy.
Piotr EderDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9306-5038
Amélia M SilvaDepartment of Biology and Environment, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7524-9914
Antonello SantiniDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5505-3327
Eliana B SoutoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9737-6017

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) are particles within the size range from 1 to 1000 nm and can be loaded with active compounds entrapped within or surface-adsorbed onto the polymeric core. The term "nanoparticle" stands for both nanocapsules and nanospheres, which are distinguished by the morphological structure. Polymeric NPs have shown great potential for targeted delivery of drugs for the treatment of several diseases. In this review, we discuss the most commonly used methods for the production and characterization of polymeric NPs, the association efficiency of the active compound to the polymeric core, and the in vitro release mechanisms. As the safety of nanoparticles is a high priority, we also discuss the toxicology and ecotoxicology of nanoparticles to humans and to the environment.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsEcotoxicologyAnimalsDrug CarriersHumansNanoparticlesPolymersDrug CarriersPolymersecotoxicology.nanocapsulesnanospherespolymeric nanoparticlestargeted drug deliverytherapeutic potentialtoxicology

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PMID32824172
PMCPMC7464532

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