Štimac A, Šekutor M, Mlinarić-Majerski K, Frkanec L, Frkanec R. Adamantane in Drug Delivery Systems and Surface Recognition.
Molecules 2017;
22:molecules22020297. [PMID:
28212339 PMCID:
PMC6155684 DOI:
10.3390/molecules22020297]
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Abstract
The adamantane moiety is widely applied in design and synthesis of new drug delivery systems and in surface recognition studies. This review focuses on liposomes, cyclodextrins, and dendrimers based on or incorporating adamantane derivatives. Our recent concept of adamantane as an anchor in the lipid bilayer of liposomes has promising applications in the field of targeted drug delivery and surface recognition. The results reported here encourage the development of novel adamantane-based structures and self-assembled supramolecular systems for basic chemical investigations as well as for biomedical application.
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