Fabrication of pure nanodrugs of podophyllotoxin dimer and their anticancer activity

Yoshikazu Ikuta, Yoshitaka Koseki, Tatsuya Murakami, Minoru Ueda, Hidetoshi Oikawa, Hitoshi Kasai

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Abstract

Drug nanoparticles of water-insoluble bioactive compounds are potentially applicable in next-generation drug delivery systems (DDSs). As an example of such nanoparticles, the dimeric podophyllotoxin (PPT) was synthesized, and PPT nanoparticles were fabricated by the reprecipitation method. It was found that these nanoparticles show much higher cytotoxity for cancer cells as compared to etoposide, which is an analog of PPT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)900-901
Number of pages2
JournalChemistry Letters
Volume42
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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