Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 316-322 , September 2009

Study of artemisinin nanocapsules as anticancer drug delivery systems

  • Youfang Chen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Applied Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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  • Xianfu Lin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  • Hyunjin Park, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Richard Greever, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, Seoul, South Korea

Received 9 August 2008 ,Accepted 29 December 2008.

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 No conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

PII: S1549-9634(09)00005-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.12.005

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 316-322 , September 2009

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