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Encapsulation and Extended Release of Anti-Cancer Anastrozole by Stealth Nanoparticles
Drug Delivery
  • Kumkum Sarkar
  • Hu Yang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

To improve delivery efficiency of anastrozole, we applied dendrimer-based stealth nanoparticles to encapsulate anastrozole to formulate stealth anastrozole nanoparticles. This work demonstrated that stealth nanoparticles composed of a PAMAM dendrimers core and a PEG layer could encapsulate anastrozole, hence causing improved water solubility of anastrozole. Anastrozole encapsulation depended on concentration of stealth nanoparticles and generation of dendrimer. The extended release of anastrozole was achieved. We envisioned that this highly structurally adaptable stealth nanoparticle could be further biofunctionalized to construct a targeted therapeutic delivery system for breast cancer treatment.

Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Comments
This research was supported in part by the A.D. Williams Foundation, the Jeffress Memorial Trust, and a new faculty startup fund from the School of Engineering of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Keywords and Phrases
  • Anastrozole,
  • Controlled release,
  • Drug delivery,
  • Nanomedicine,
  • Nanoparticle,
  • PAMAM dendrimer,
  • PEG
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2008 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc., All rights reserved.
Publication Date
6-1-2008
Publication Date
01 Jun 2008
PubMed ID
18763165
Citation Information
Kumkum Sarkar and Hu Yang. "Encapsulation and Extended Release of Anti-Cancer Anastrozole by Stealth Nanoparticles" Drug Delivery Vol. 15 Iss. 5 (2008) p. 343 - 346 ISSN: 1071-7544; 1521-0464
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hu-yang/23/