Alginate stabilized gold nanoparticle as multidrug carrier: Evaluationof cellular interactions and hemolytic potential
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2015-09
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Carbohydrate Polymers
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This work delineates the synthesis of curcumin (Ccm) and methotrexate (MTX) conjugated biopolymer
stabilized AuNPs (MP@Alg–Ccm AuNPs). The dual drug conjugated nano-vector was characterized
by FTIR, 1H NMR and UV–vis spectroscopic techniques. Hydrodynamic diameter and surface charge
of the AuNPs were determined by DLS analysis and the spherical particles were visualized by TEM.
MP@Alg–Ccm AuNPs exhibited improved cytotoxic potential against C6 glioma and MCF-7 cancer cell
lines and was found to be highly hemocompatible. MP@Alg–Ccm AuNPs also exhibited active targeting
efficiency against MCF-7 cancer cells due to the presence of “antifolate” drug MTX. Thus MP@Alg–Ccm
AuNPs may find potential application in targeted combination chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.
The study is also interesting from the synthetic point of view because, here generation of AuNPs was done
using “green chemical” alginate and dual drug conjugated AuNPs were created in two simple reaction
steps using “green solvent” water
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Curcumin Alginate Polymer–drug conjugates Methotrexate Gold nanoparticles Confocal laser scanning microscopy
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Dey S, Sherly MCD, Rekha MR and Sreenivasan K. Alginate stabilized gold nanoparticle as multidrug carrier: Evaluationof cellular interactions and hemolytic potential. Carbohydrate Polymers. 2016;136:71-80