Small‐molecule prodrug nanoassemblies: an emerging nanoplatform for anticancer drug delivery

G Li, B Sun, Y Li, C Luo, Z He, J Sun - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antitumor efficiency and clinical translation of traditional nanomedicines is mainly
restricted by low drug loading, complex preparation technology, and potential toxicity …

Carrier-free nanomedicines for cancer treatment

LH Liu, XZ Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The last decade witnessed the great advances in the development of nanomedicines. As a
kind of attractive nanomedicine, carrier-free nanomedicines received extensive …

Self-assembling prodrugs

AG Cheetham, RW Chakroun, W Ma… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent modification of therapeutic compounds is a clinically proven strategy to devise
prodrugs with enhanced treatment efficacies. This prodrug strategy relies on the modified …

Lipid–drug conjugate for enhancing drug delivery

D Irby, C Du, F Li - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lipid–drug conjugates (LDCs) are drug molecules that have been covalently modified with
lipids. The conjugation of lipids to drug molecules increases lipophilicity and also changes …

Potential therapeutic effects of curcumin coated silver nanoparticle in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major in-vitro and in a murine model

A Badirzadeh, M Alipour, M Najm, A Vosoogh… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Leishmaniasis is a destructive protozoan parasitic and vector-borne infection
characterized as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that is currently endemic in more than …

Building nanostructures with drugs

W Ma, AG Cheetham, H Cui - Nano today, 2016 - Elsevier
The convergence of nanoscience and drug delivery has prompted the formation of the field
of nanomedicine, one that exploits the novel physicochemical and biological properties of …

Nanostructured delivery systems with improved leishmanicidal activity: a critical review

N Bruni, B Stella, L Giraudo, C Della Pepa… - International journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by protozoan parasites of the
genus Leishmania, which are responsible for numerous clinical manifestations, such as …

The Therapeutic Effects of Curcumin-coated Gold Nanoparticle Against Leishmania Major Causative Agent of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL): An In Vitro …

SM Amini, R Hadighi, M Najm, M Alipour… - Current …, 2023 - Springer
We synthesized and characterized curcumin-coated gold nanoparticles (Cur@ AuNPs) and
investigated their stability, cytotoxicity, leishmanicidal activity in in vitro and in in vivo …

Nanotized curcumin and miltefosine, a potential combination for treatment of experimental visceral leishmaniasis

B Tiwari, R Pahuja, P Kumar, SK Rath… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Leishmaniasis chemotherapy remains very challenging due to high cost of the drug and its
associated toxicity and drug resistance, which develops over a period of time. Combination …

Revisiting Previously Investigated Plants: A Molecular Networking-Based Study of Geissospermum laeve

AE Fox Ramos, C Alcover, L Evanno… - Journal of natural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Three new monoterpene indole alkaloids (1–3) have been isolated from the bark of
Geissospermum laeve, together with the known alkaloids (−)-leuconolam (4) …