Crocetin and crocin from saffron in cancer chemotherapy and chemoprevention

A Colapietro, A Mancini… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Introduction: Cancer is a disorder which has a powerful impact on the quality life and life
expectancy despite the increase in drugs and treatments available for cancer patients …

Filled carbon nanotubes in biomedical imaging and drug delivery

M Martincic, G Tobias - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Carbon nanotubes have been advocated as promising candidates in the
biomedical field in the areas of diagnosis and therapy. In terms of drug delivery, the use of …

Comparative study of the efficiency of silicon carbide, boron nitride and carbon nanotube to deliver cancerous drug, azacitidine: A DFT study

N Baildya, S Mazumdar, NK Mridha… - Computers in Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein we have made a comparative study of the efficiency of three different nanotubes viz.
Carbon nanotube (CNT), boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) and silicon carbide nanotube …

Molecular dynamics insight of interaction between the functionalized-carbon nanotube and cancerous cell membrane in doxorubicin delivery

A Kordzadeh, M Zarif, S Amjad-Iranagh - Computer Methods and Programs …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and objective: Doxorubicin (DOX) is a known anticancer drug which is widely
used in cancer therapy. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are among the most promising platforms …

Toxicity of carbon nanotubes as anti-tumor drug carriers

H Yan, Z Xue, J **e, Y Dong, Z Ma, X Sun… - International journal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoparticle drug formulations have enormous application prospects owing to achievement
of targeted and sustained release drug delivery, improvement in drug solubility and …

Molecular dynamics simulation strategies for designing carbon-nanotube-based targeted drug delivery

MN Al-Qattan, PK Deb, RK Tekade - Drug discovery today, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•CNT-based target-specific drug delivery is a promising approach to circumvent
the limitations of nonspecific therapeutic agents.•Interactions between the drug, CNT and …

A review on emerging role of multifunctional carbon nanotubes as an armament in cancer therapy, imaging and biosensing

PS Chary, R Bhawale, R Vasave, N Rajana… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of traditional chemotherapy to treat cancer is often limited by the toxic side effects of
anti-cancer drugs on the body. Additionally, there are major challenges in the form of higher …

Rapid and oriented immobilization of laccases on electrodes via a methionine-rich peptide

H Cui, L Zhang, D Söder, X Tang, MD Davari… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Different from other laccases, copper efflux oxidase (CueO) from Escherichia coli possesses
an additional methionine-rich segment (MetRich), which is generally considered to be …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical encapsulation of fluorouracil (5-FU) anti-cancer chemotherapy drug into carbon nanotubes (CNT) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT)

M Zarghami Dehaghani, F Yousefi, SM Sajadi… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Chemotherapy with anti-cancer drugs is considered the most common
approach for killing cancer cells in the human body. However, some barriers such as toxicity …

Adsorption and encapsulation of the drug doxorubicin on covalent functionalized carbon nanotubes: A scrutinized study by using molecular dynamics simulation and …

A Kordzadeh, S Amjad-Iranagh, M Zarif… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adsorption of the drug doxorubicin (DOX) onto covalent functionalized carbon nanotubes
(CNTs) as drug carriers was studied by employing molecular dynamics (MD) simulation …