Preparation and Characterization of Self-Assembled Nanoparticles of Hyaluronic Acid-Deoxycholic Acid Conjugates

Novel amphiphilic biopolymers were synthesized using hyaluronic acid (HA) as a hydrophilic segment and deoxycholic acid (DOCA) as a hydrophobic segment by a 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide mediated coupling reaction. The structural characteristics of the HA-DOCA conjugates were invest...

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Main Authors: Xuemeng Dong, Chenguang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/906936