Exploiting Noncovalent Interactions in an Imine‐Based Covalent Organic Framework for Quercetin Delivery

Vijay S. Vyas, Medhavi Vishwakarma, Igor Moudrakovski, Frederik Haase, Gökçen Savaşçı, Christian Ochsenfeld, Joachim P. Spatz, Bettina V. Lotsch

Advanced Materials · 2016 · 382 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a new class of nanoporous polymeric vector showing promise as drug-delivery vehicles with high loading capacity and biocompatibility. The interaction between the carrier and the cargo is specifically tailored on a molecular level by H-bonding. Cell-proliferation studies indicate higher efficacy of the drug in cancer cells by nanocarrier delivery mediated by the COF.

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