| Literature DB >> 26754823 |
Tuan Hiep Tran1, Anh Ngoc Nguyen2, Jong Oh Kim1, Chul Soon Yong1, Chien Ngoc Nguyen2.
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Artesunate-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (ART-NLCs) were prepared by hot homogenization followed by ultrasonication technique. The optimized ART-NLC demonstrated a particle size of 117.5 ± 6.1 nm, with good stability regarding zeta-potential of -19.47 ± 0.9 mV and drug entrapment efficiency of 92.93 ± 1.47%. ART-NLC showed good cellular uptake in breast cancer cells, which was confirmed by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and flow cytometry analysis. The significantly higher in vitro cytotoxicity of ART-NLCs against human breast cancer MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 cells as compared with the free ART was recorded. Hoechst 33342 staining indicated that ART-NLC induced higher apoptosis rates in MCF-7 as well as MDA-MB-231cells than free ART.Entities:
Keywords: Anti-cancer; apoptosis; artesunate; control release; lipid nanoparticles
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26754823 DOI: 10.3109/21691401.2015.1129616
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol ISSN: 2169-1401 Impact factor: 5.678