Biodegradable and biocompatible polymers are widely used for the encapsulation of drug molecules. Various particulate carriers with different sizes and characteristics have been prepared by miscellaneous techniques. In this review, we reported the commonly used preformed polymer based techniques for the preparation of micro and nano-structured materials intended for drug encapsulation. A descri...

Nano-drug delivery systems have several advantages compared to the traditional forms of drugs. A nanocarrier sytem transport the drug to the site of action, hence, its influence on vital tissues and undesirable side effects can be minimized. Accumulation of therapeutic compounds in the target site increases and, consequently, the required doses of drugs are lower. Cell-specific targeting can be...

In this research at the first Metoprolol drug and its fullerene derivative were optimized. Natural bond orbital (NBO), nuclear Indepndent chemical shift (NICS) and finally IR calculations, for these compounds were carried out at the B3LYP/6-31G* quantum chemistry level. Different parameters such as energy levels, the amount of chemical shift in different atoms, the amount of HOMO/LUMO, chemical...

In this research at the first 2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) propanoic aciddrug  drug and its fullerene derivative were optimized. NBO calculations and NMR for the complexes were carried out at the B3LYP/6-31G*quantum chemistry level. Different parameters such as energy levels, the amount of Chemical Shift in different atoms, the amount of HOMO/LUMO, chemical potential (µ ), chemical hardness ...

Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC-Exos) are nano-sized extracellular vesicles enriched with bioactive molecules, such as microRNAs, enzymes, cytokines, chemokines, immunomodulatory, trophic, and growth factors. These molecules regulate the survival, phenotype, function of malignant tumor-infiltrated immune cells. Due to their nano-size bilayer lipid envelope, MSC-Exos can easily...

BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is the most leading cause of death and the third most common gynecologic malignancy in women. Traditional chemotherapy has inevitable drawbacks of nonspecific tumor targeting, high toxicity, and poor therapeutic efficiency. In order to overcome such shortcomings, we prepared a novel nano-carrier drug-delivery system to enhance the anti-tumor efficiency. METHODS In vi...

Amphiphilic calix[4]arenes were designed as phospholipid mimics by incorporating PO3H2 or NMe3(+) head groups. Using PC12 cells and three stressors (H2O2, menadione and glutamate), we established safe calix[4]arene levels that are able not only to deliver antioxidant payloads of curcumin, but intriguingly also have inherent antioxidant properties. The calix[4]arenes appear to be potent syntheti...