Doxorubicin carriers based on Au nanoparticles – effect of shape and gold-drug linker on the carrier toxicity and therapeutic performance

Olga Święch, Lidia J. Opuchlik, Grzegorz Wójciuk, Tomasz M. Stępkowski, Marcin Kruszewski, Renata Bilewicz

RSC Advances · 2016 · 14 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) prepared by the Turkevich method and near-IR absorbing non-spherical anisotropic nanotriangles (AuNTs) prepared by the thiosulfate method were used for doxorubicin binding.

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