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SUBMITTER: Vismara E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6152103 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20170622 7
Super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) were augmented by both hyaluronic acid (HA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA), each covalently conjugated to dopamine (DA) enabling their anchoring to the SPION. HA and BSA were found to simultaneously serve as stabilizing polymers of Fe₃O₄·DA-BSA/HA in water. Fe₃O₄·DA-BSA/HA efficiently entrapped and released the hydrophobic cytotoxic drug paclitaxel (PTX). The relative amount of HA and BSA modulates not only the total solubility but also the par ...[more]