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Development of Food-Grade Nano-Delivery Systems and Their Application to Dairy Foods: A Review (식품 소재를 이용한 나노전달체의 제조 및 유식품 적용에 관한 고찰)

  • Ha, Ho-Kyung;Lee, Won-Jae
    • Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.187-195
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    • 2018
  • Nano-delivery systems, such as nanoparticles, nanoemulsions, and nanoliposomes, are carriers that have been used to enhance the chemical as well as physical stability and bioavailability of bioactive compound. Food-grade nano-delivery system can be produced with edible biopolymers including proteins and carbohydrates. In addition to the low-toxicity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability of these biopolymers, their functional characteristics, such as their ability to bind hydrophobic bioactive compounds and form a gel, make them potential and ideal candidates for the fortification of bioactive compounds in functional dairy foods. This review focuses on different types of nano-delivery systems and edible biopolymers as delivery materials. In addition, the applications of food-grade nano-delivery systems to dairy foods are also described.

Nano-sized Drug Carriers and Key Factors for Lymphatic Delivery

  • Choi, Ji-Hoon;Lee, Yong-Bok
    • Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • v.40 no.spc
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2010
  • Specific diseases like cancer and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) occur at various organs including lymphatics and spread through lymphatic system. Thus, if therapeutic agents for such diseases are more distributed or targeted to lymphatic system, we can obtain several advantages like reduction of systemic side effect and increase of efficacy. For these reasons, much interest has been focused on the nature of lymphatics and a lot of studies for lymphatic delivery of drugs have been carried out. Because lymphatics consist of single layer endothelium and have high permeability compared with blood capillaries, especially, the studies using nano-sized carriers have been performed. Polymeric nano-particle, liposome, and lipid-based vehicle have been adopted for lymphatic delivery as carriers. According to the administration route and the kind of carrier, the extent of lymphatic delivery efficiency of nano-sized carriers has been changed and influenced by several factors such as size, charge, hydrophobicity and surface feature of carrier. In this review, we summarized the key factors which affect lymphatic uptake and the major features of carriers for achieving the lymphatic delivery. Lymphatic delivery of drug using nano-sized carriers has many fold improved ability of lymphatic delivery compared with that of conventional dosage forms, but it has not shown whole lymph selectivity yet. Even though nano-sized carriers still have the potential and worth to study as lymphatic drug delivery technology as before, full understanding of delivery mechanism and influencing factors, and setting of pharmacokinetic model are required for more ideal lymphatic delivery of drug.

Effect of Specific Interaction of Multi-Ligands on the Specific Interaction between Particle and Cell (멀티 리간드의 특이적 상호작용이 입자-세포간 상호작용에 미치는 영향)

  • Yoon, Jung Hyun;Lee, Sei Young
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.94-101
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    • 2022
  • Recent advancement of micro/nano technology enables the development of diverse micro/nano particle-based delivery systems. Due to the multi-functionality and engineerability, particle-based delivery system are expected to be a promising method for delivery to the target cell. Since the particle-based delivery system should be delivered to the various kinds of target cell, including the cardiovascular system, cancer cell etc., it is frequently decorated with multiple kinds of targeting molecule(s) to induce specific interaction to the target cell. The surface decorated molecules interact with the cell surface expressed molecule(s) to specifically form a firm adhesion. Thus, in this study, the probability of adhesion is estimated to predict the possibility to form a firm adhesion for the multi-ligand decorated particle-based delivery system.

A Study on the Effectiveness of Skin Care Solution System using Non-Invasive Air Technology

  • Park, Do-Young;Yoon, Dong-Gon;Seo, Jung-Gil
    • Journal of Platform Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 2022
  • The effectiveness of an innovative skin treatment system that delivers an anti-aging solution deep into the skin without invasiveness and pain using a non-invasive air technology was investigated. In addition, an effective change using a non-invasive technique for delivering a solution for skin improvement was confirmed. The equipment named Cellre Jet is an effective skin care and drug delivery equipment that instantly opens the skin epidermis by using a maximum output pressure of 6 bars and high-pressure purified oxygen of 75-90% purity to deliver various nano-sized vital substances deep into the skin, and it uses the method of precisely controlling the equipment through an 8-inch digital touch display to accurately dispense the prescribed dosage. In this study, changes in skin condition were analyzed using this equipment and nano ampoules on subjects with actual skin problems through a related comparison and effectiveness judgment program. Through this study, skin care and drug delivery are possible, which will contribute to verifying the effectiveness of this non-invasive drug delivery equipment in the future, and is expected to establish the systematic effect in observing and studying changes in the skin.

Characterization of ZnO for Transparent Thin Film Transistor by Injection Type Delivery System of ALD

  • Choi, Woon-Seop
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.860-863
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    • 2007
  • ZnO nano film for transparent thin film transistors is prepared by injection type source delivery system of atomic layer deposition. By using this delivery system the source delivery pulse time can dramatically be reduced to 0.005s in ALD system. ZnO nanofilms obtained at $150^{\circ}C$ are characterized.

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Nitric Oxide Delivery using Nanostructures and Its Biomedical Applications (나노 구조체를 이용한 산화질소 전달체에 대한 연구 및 바이오메디컬 응용)

  • Choi, Yunseo;Jeong, Hyejoong;Park, Kyungtae;Hong, Jinkee
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.305-312
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    • 2019
  • The discovery of nitric oxide (NO) as a major signaling molecule in a number of pathophysiological processes - vasodilation, immune response, platelet aggregation, wound repair, and cancer biology - has led to the development of various exogeneous NO delivery systems. However, the development of ideal delivery system for human body application is still left as a challenge due to its high reactivity and short half-life in physiological condition. In this article, an overview of several nano-structures as potential NO delivery system will be presented, along with their recent research results and biomedical applications. Nano-size delivery system has immense advantages compared to others due to its high surface-to-volume ratio and capability for surface modification; thus, it has been proven to be effective in delivering nitric oxide with enhanced performance. Through this novel nano-structure delivery system, we are expecting to achieve sustained release of nitric oxide within adequate range of concentration, which ensures desired drug effects at the target site. Among different nano-structures, in particular, nanoparticle, microemulsion and nanofilm will be reviewed and compared to each other in respect of nitric oxide release profile. The proposed nano-structures for exogeneous NO delivery have a biological significance in that it can be further utilized in diverse biomedical fields as a highly promising therapeutic method.

Fabrication of Composite Drug Delivery System Using Nano Composite Deposition System and in vivo Characterization

  • Chu, Won-Shik;Jeong, Suk-Yong;Pandey, Jitendra Kumar;Ahn, Sung-Hoon;Lee, Jae-Hoon;Chi, Sang-Cheol
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.81-83
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    • 2008
  • The Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology has advanced in many application areas. In this research, two different types, cylinder and scaffold, of implantable Drug Delivery System (DDS) were fabricated using Nano Composite Deposition System (NCDS), one of the RP systems. The anti-cancer drug (5-fluorouracil, 5-FU), biodegradable polymer (PLGA(85: 15)), and bio ceramic (Hydroxyapatite, HA) were used to form drug-polymer composite material. Both types of DDS were evaluated in vivo environment for two weeks. For evaluation, the cumulative drug release and shape stability were measured. Test results showed that the scaffold DDS provide higher cumulative drug release and has better stability than cylinder DDS.