Milad Ashrafizadeh, Ali Zarrabi, Kiavash Hushmandi, Farid Hashemi, Ebrahim Rahmani Moghadam, Mehdi Raei, Mahshad Kalantari, Shima Tavakol, Reza Mohammadinejad, Masoud Najafi, Franklin R Tay, Pooyan Makvandi
Chemotherapy using natural compounds, such as resveratrol, curcumin, paclitaxel, docetaxel, etoposide, doxorubicin, and camptothecin, is of importance in cancer therapy because of the outstanding therapeutic activity and multitargeting capability of these compounds. However, poor solubility and bioavailability of natural compounds have limited their efficacy in cancer therapy. To circumvent this hurdle, nanocarriers have been designed to improve the antitumor activity of the aforementioned compounds. Nevertheless, cancer treatment is still a challenge, demanding novel strategies...
October 23, 2020: ACS Combinatorial Science