Abstract:
PURPOSE: Smart nanoparticles containing oleamide or monoacetyl diglyceride(MADG), medicinal components, in the core of the micelle composed of poly(N-vinyl caprolactam) are provided to show good selectivity for diseased organs, and decrease ill effects on the normal cells and the dosage needed. CONSTITUTION: The smart nanoparticles(50), being 50-300nm in size, are prepared by the following steps of: (i) mixing medicinal materials, N-vinyl caprolactam monomer and surfactant for emulsifying, wherein the medical materials are oleamide extracted from ganoderma lucidum karst and monoacetyl diglyceride extracted from deer antlers, and the surfactant is an anion surfactant such as sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS) or cationic surfactant such as cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide(CTAB) and the amount of surfactant is between the first critical micelle concentration(CMC) and the second critical micelle concentration; (ii) polymerizing the emulsified caprolactam monomer at 40-90deg.C with stirring in a rate of 500-2000rpm to control the size of nanoparticles, wherein 0.1-1wt.% of polymerizing initiator(based on the total amount of N-vinyl caprolactam monomer) such as potassium persulfate or ammonium persulfate is used. The medicinal material such as MADG or oleamide is encapsulated in a core(52) of nanoparticles and the core is encapsulated in a micelle(54) comprising N-vinyl caprolactam monomer.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A process of preparing smart nano-particles in which a therapeutic drug is uniformly dispersed within nano-particles by introducing the therapeutic drug into the reaction system during emulsion polymerization of the nano-particles and then polymerizing it is provided. The nano-particles selectively concentrate on a target organ such as cancer cells, etc. by enhanced permeation and retention effect, thereby exhibiting treatment improving effect. CONSTITUTION: A therapeutic drug and a monomer are agitated at 50 to 90deg.C with a surfactant to emulsify, the emulsified monomer is polymerized in an emulsion particle to produce nano-particles. The therapeutic drug is one or more photo-treating drugs selected from porphyrin, phthalocyanine and a derivative thereof. The monomer is one or more selected from anhydride, glycolide, lactide, caprolactone and N-vinylcaprolactame. The surfactant is one or more selected from cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide as a cationic surfactant and sodium dodecyl sulfate as an anionic surfactant.