Recent trends in protein and peptide-based biomaterials for advanced drug delivery

A Varanko, S Saha, A Chilkoti - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Engineering protein and peptide-based materials for drug delivery applications has gained
momentum due to their biochemical and biophysical properties over synthetic materials …

Effects of statins on brain tumors: a review

AR Afshari, H Mollazadeh, NC Henney… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Evidence from preclinical studies suggests that the competitive HMG-CoA reductase
(HMGCR) inhibitors universally known as' statins,'in addition to being powerful drugs that …

Zein microparticles and nanoparticles as drug delivery systems

I De Marco - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zein is a natural, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer widely used in the
pharmaceutical, biomedical, and packaging fields because of its low water vapor …

RETRACTED: Optimized Icariin Phytosomes Exhibit Enhanced Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis-Inducing Activities in Ovarian Cancer Cells

NA Alhakamy, UA Fahmy, SM Badr-Eldin, OAA Ahmed… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Icariin (ICA) is a flavonol glycoside that has pleiotropic pharmacological actions. It has
cytotoxic effects against ovarian cancer cells and increases their chemosensitivity to …

An overview on the biological activity and anti-cancer mechanism of lovastatin

L **e, G Zhu, J Shang, X Chen, C Zhang, X Ji, Q Zhang… - Cellular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lovastatin, a secondary metabolite isolated from fungi, is often used as a representative
drug to reduce blood lipid concentration and treat hypercholesterolemia. Its structure is …

Intensification of resveratrol cytotoxicity, pro-apoptosis, oxidant potentials in human colorectal carcinoma HCT-116 cells using zein nanoparticles

MT Khayat, MA Zarka, DFA El-Telbany… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Resveratrol (RSV), a non-flavonoid stilbene polyphenol, possesses anti-
carcinogenic activities against all the major stages of cancer. Zein nanoparticles (ZN NPs) …

Revolutionizing cancer treatment: the promising horizon of Zein Nanosystems

S Preetam, D Duhita Mondal, N Mukerjee… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Various nanomaterials have recently become fascinating tools in cancer diagnostic
applications because of their multifunctional and inherent molecular characteristics that …

Advances and prospects of prolamine corn protein zein as promising multifunctional drug delivery system for cancer treatment

X Luo, S Wu, M **ao, H Gu, H Zhang… - International journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Zein is a type of prolamine protein that is derived from corn, and it has been recognized by
the US FDA as one of the safest biological materials available. Zein possesses valuable …