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Pak J Pharm Sci 20:251–259
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129. Wu W, Aiello M, Zhou et al (2010) In-situ immobilization of quantum dots in
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130. Meyers MA, Chen PY, Lin AYM et al (2008) Biological materials: structure and mechanical
properties. Prog Mater Sci 53:1–206
131. Andrade F, Goycoolea F, Chiapptta DA et al (2011) Chitosan-grafted copolymers and
chitosan-ligand as matrices for pulmonary drug delivery. Int J Carbohydr Chem 1–14.
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132. Boddohi S, Kipper MJ (2010) Engineering nanoassemblies of polysaccharides. Adv Mater
22:2998–3016
133. Zhang J, Chen XG, Li YY et al (2007) Self-assembled nanoparticles based on
hydrophobically modified chitosan as carriers for doxorubicin. Nanomedicine 3:258–265
134. Liu CG, Desai KGH, Chen XG et al (2005) Linolenic acid-modified chitosan for formation of
self-assembled nanoparticles. J Agric Food Chem 53:437–441
135. Manaspon C, Viravaidya-Pasuwat K, Pimpha N (2012) Preparation of folate-conjugated
pluronic F127/chitosan core-shell nanoparticles encapsulating doxorubicin for breast cancer
treatment. J Nanomater 1–11. doi:10.1155/2012/593878
136. Sharma PK, Bhatia SR (2004) Effect of anti-inflammatories on Pluronic
® F127: micellar
assembly, gelation and partitioning. Int J Pharm 278:361–377
137. Escobar-Cha `vez JJ, Lo ´pez-Cervantes M, Naι __k A et al (2006) Applications of thermoreversible pluronic F-127 gels in pharmaceutical formulations. J Pharm Pharm Sci 9:339–358
138. Kwon SH, Kim SY, Ha KW et al (2007) Pharmaceutical evaluation of genestein-loaded
pluronic micelles for oral delivery. Arch Pharm Res 13:1138–1143
139. Kabanov AV, Lemieux P, Vinogradov S et al (2002) Pluronic block copolymers: novel
functional molecules for gene therapy. Add Drug Deliv Rev 54:223–233
140. Hecht E, Mortensen M, Gradzielski M, Hoffmann H (1994) Interaction of ABA block
copolymers with ionic surfactants in aqueous solution. Langmuir 10:86–91
141. Janes KA, Fresneau MP, Marazuela A et al (2001) Chitosan nanoparticles as delivery systems
for doxorubicin. J Control Release 73:255–267
142. Papadimitriou S, Bikiaris D, Avgoustakis K et al (2008) Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with
dorzolamide and pramipexole. Carbohydr Polym 73:44–54
143. Su ZQ, Zhanh HL, Wu SH et al (2010) Preparation and characterization of water-soluble
chitosan nanoparticles as protein delivery system. J Nanomater. doi:10.1155/2010/898910
144. Srinatha A, Pandit J, Singh S (2008) Ionic cross-linked chitosan beads for extended relaese of
ciprofloxacin: in vitro characterization. Indian J Pharm Sci 70:16–21
145. Jayakumar R, Deepthy M, Manzoor K et al (2010) Biomedical applications of chitin and
chitosan based nanomaterials – a short review. Carbohydr Polym. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.
2010.04.074
146. Rejinold NS, Chennazhi KP, Nair SV et al (2011) Biodegradable and thermo-responsive
chitosan-g-poly(N-vinylcaprolactum) nanoparticles as a 5-fluorouracil carrier. Carbohydr
Polym 83:776–786
147. Choi IS, Oh DY, Kim BS et al (2007) 5-FU, folinic acid as first-line palliative chemotherapy
in elderly patients with metastatic or recurrent gastric cancer. Cancer Res Treat 39:99–103
148. Kouchak M, Avadi M, Abbaspour M et al (2012) Effect of different molecular weights of
chitosan on preparation and characterization of insulin loaded nanoparticles by ion gelation
method. Int J Drug Dev Res 4:271–277
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