Synthesis and Characterization of New Biocompatible Amino Amphiphilic Compounds Derived from Oleic Acid as Nanovectors for Drug Delivery

Amphiphilic molecules have been actively explored as promising materials in the field of bio and nanotechnology. These molecules are constituted by a polar head and a lipophilic tail and in an aqueous medium are self-assemble to form different types of macromolecular structures such as micelles, mon...

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Autores: Valdivia Giménez, Victoria Esther, Paggiaro, Chiara, Fernández Fernández, Inmaculada
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/128551
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/128551
https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsoc-23-06458
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:amphiphilic compounds
self-assembly
nanovectors
drug delivery
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Sumario:Amphiphilic molecules have been actively explored as promising materials in the field of bio and nanotechnology. These molecules are constituted by a polar head and a lipophilic tail and in an aqueous medium are self-assemble to form different types of macromolecular structures such as micelles, monolayer vesicles, bars, sheets and tubes. In this work, a convergent synthetic approach for the synthesis of two new amphiphilic compounds based on a versatile amino polar head, a tetraethylene glycol spacer and a lipophilic tail derived from oleic acid has been developed. Subsequently, after a self-assembly process in aqueous medium, nanostructures as micelles have been obtained and characterized. Finally, a procedure for the inclusion of the highly lipophilic drug Dexamethasone has been carried out in order to study the ability of these micelles to act as nanovectors for drug delivery.