Synthesis, self-assembly, and in vitro toxicity of fatty acids-modified Bletilla striata polysaccharide.

Synthesis, self-assembly, and in vitro toxicity of fatty acids-modified Bletilla striata polysaccharide.

Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol. 2016 Jan 11;:1-7

Authors: Wang W, He S, Hong T, Zhang Y, Sui H, Zhang X, Ma Y

Abstract
Hydrophobic modification of Bletilla striata polysaccharide (BSP) was performed by grafting fatty acids to BSP backbone and then characterized on their physicochemical properties. All neutral derivatives were able to self-assemble into spherical particles within the size range of 250-400 nm, their size and critical micelle concentration decreased with increasing hydrophobicity and substitution degree of the fatty acids. Also, the BSP-stearic acid conjugates showed a preferable performance on hemolysis test and cytotoxicity analysis on HepG2 cells, which suggested their potential application as a drug delivery vector.

PMID: 26754958 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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