The Use of Some Clay Minerals as Natural Resources for Drug Carrier Applications †

The goal of modern research is to use environmentally preferable materials. In this context, clay minerals are emerging candidates for their bio- and ecocompatibility, low cost and natural availability. Clay minerals present different morphologies according to their layer arrangements. The use of cl...

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Autores principales: Massaro, Marina, Colletti, Carmelo Giuseppe, Lazzara, Giuseppe, Riela, Serena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfb9040058
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author Massaro, Marina
Colletti, Carmelo Giuseppe
Lazzara, Giuseppe
Riela, Serena
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description The goal of modern research is to use environmentally preferable materials. In this context, clay minerals are emerging candidates for their bio- and ecocompatibility, low cost and natural availability. Clay minerals present different morphologies according to their layer arrangements. The use of clay minerals, especially in biomedical applications is known from ancient times and they are regaining attention in recent years. The most representative clay minerals are kaolinit, montmorillonite, sepiolites and halloysite. This review summarizes some clay minerals and their derivatives for application as nanocontainer for biologically active species.
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spelling pubmed-63067782019-01-02 The Use of Some Clay Minerals as Natural Resources for Drug Carrier Applications † Massaro, Marina Colletti, Carmelo Giuseppe Lazzara, Giuseppe Riela, Serena J Funct Biomater Review The goal of modern research is to use environmentally preferable materials. In this context, clay minerals are emerging candidates for their bio- and ecocompatibility, low cost and natural availability. Clay minerals present different morphologies according to their layer arrangements. The use of clay minerals, especially in biomedical applications is known from ancient times and they are regaining attention in recent years. The most representative clay minerals are kaolinit, montmorillonite, sepiolites and halloysite. This review summarizes some clay minerals and their derivatives for application as nanocontainer for biologically active species. MDPI 2018-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6306778/ /pubmed/30347697 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfb9040058 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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