Long-circulating delivery of bioactive polysaccharide from radix ophiopogonis by PEGylation
Author(s) -
Xiao Lin,
Wang,
Huang,
Liang,
Shen,
Feng,
؉ Ruan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s26306
Subject(s) - pegylation , polysaccharide , chemistry , radix (gastropod) , pharmacology , chromatography , biochemistry , medicine , biology , polyethylene glycol , botany
Radix ophiopogonis polysaccharide (ROP) has been found to be effective against myocardial ischemia. One of main problems with its use is its short in-vivo half-life, which makes the development of an effective delivery system necessary. To achieve better therapeutic effects and patient compliance by prolonging its retention in plasma and increasing its distribution in targets, ROP was PEGylated (PEG, polyethylene glycol) in this study.
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