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Insight into glycyrrhetinic acid: the role of the hydroxyl group on liver targeting.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20813176     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Two kinds of glycyrrhetinic acid-modified chitosan/poly(ethylene glycol) nanoparticles (CTS/PEG-GA NPs) were prepared by an ionic gelation process in which the liver targeting ligand glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) was introduced into the nanoparticles at the C(30)-carboxyl group (CTS/PEG-GA(c) NPs) or the C(3)-hydroxyl group (CTS/PEG-GA(h) NPs). Their characteristics, especially their ability to target the liver, were compared. The results showed that both the CTS/PEG-GA(c) NPs and the CTS/PEG-GA(h) NPs are remarkably targeted to the liver. The accumulation in the liver is 51.3% and 56.5% of the injected dose for the CTS/PEG-GA(c)(4.60%) NPs (the subscript number denotes the GA content as weight percent in nanoparticles) and the CTS/PEG-GA(h)(4.57%) NPs at 3 h after injection, respectively. This is nearly 2.6-2.8 times higher than that obtained with the CTS/PEG NPs. According to our results, there is no significant difference between the CTS/PEG-GA(c) NPs and the CTS/PEG-GA(h) NPs in their ability to target the liver, when they were formed under identical conditions. This indicated that the C(3)-hydroxyl group in GA has little influence on the targeting ability.
Authors:
Qin Tian; Xiuhua Wang; Wei Wang; Chuangnian Zhang; Yuan Liu; Zhi Yuan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-09-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of pharmaceutics     Volume:  400     ISSN:  1873-3476     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Pharm     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-11     Completed Date:  2011-01-31     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7804127     Medline TA:  Int J Pharm     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  153-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Chitosan / chemistry*,  pharmacokinetics
Drug Carriers / administration & dosage,  chemistry*,  pharmacokinetics
Glycyrrhetinic Acid / chemistry*,  pharmacokinetics
Liver / metabolism*
Mice
Nanoparticles
Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry*,  pharmacokinetics
Surface Properties
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Drug Carriers; 0/Polyethylene Glycols; 471-53-4/Glycyrrhetinic Acid; 9012-76-4/Chitosan

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