Photo-Sensitive Liposomes: Chemistry and Application in Drug Delivery

Title: Photo-Sensitive Liposomes: Chemistry and Application in Drug Delivery

Volume: 10 Issue: 2

Author(s): Jin-Ye Wang, Qing-Fen Wu, Jian-Ping Li, Qiu-Shi Ren, Yu-Lu Wang and Xin-Ming Liu

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Keywords: Liposomes, photo-sensitive, pulsatile, azobenzene, cholesterol

Abstract: Photo-sensitive liposomes have been studied for a few decades and various photo-sensitive triggers have been developed so far. This review offers an overview of the different photo-triggering mechanisms for controlled pulsatile content release from liposomes, which have the potential of finding clinical applications as intelligent drug delivery systems.

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Wang Jin-Ye, Wu Qing-Fen, Li Jian-Ping, Ren Qiu-Shi, Wang Yu-Lu and Liu Xin-Ming, Photo-Sensitive Liposomes: Chemistry and Application in Drug Delivery, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2010; 10 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955710791185091