BSA – TechConnect Briefs

Biocompatible Nanotubes as potential Nanocarriers for hydrophobic model food and drug bioactives

Sadeghi R., Kalbasi A., Moosavi-Movahedi A.A., Emam-Jomeh Z., Razavi S.H., Karimi M., Kokini J., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

Biocompatible nanotubes (NTs) have great potential applications especially in food and drug delivery. The NTs are very interesting because they have uniform wall thickness, two open ends, different interior and exterior layers, different size and [...]

Preparation of BSA Nanoparticles by desolvation method as a delivery system for nutraceuticals

Sadeghi R., Kalbasi A., Moosavi-Movahedi A.A., Karimi M., Kokini J., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

The production of biocompatible nanoparticles (NPs) is one the most attractive research areas in food and drug sciences. The more the ratio of desolvating agents the bigger the particles size. The best ratio for ethanol, [...]

Protein-based nanoparticles for hydrophilic coating

Kim S., Biswas A., Evans K., USDA/ARS/NCAUR, US

Cyanoacrylate nanoparticles have been studied in great detail over the past three decades with a view to their use as controlled release drug delivery materials. The mechanism of polymerization is anionic where the initiating species [...]

Encapsulation and in vitro characterization of protein in PLGA-chitosan nanoparticles for efficient protein delivery

Subbarayan P., Dennis V.A., Lee C., Nyairo E., Singh S.R., Alabama State University, US

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is one of the most common causes of severe respiratory tract infections affecting mainly elderly, infants and the immunocompromised worldwide. As yet, a safe and effective vaccine has not been developed [...]

Intermittent desolvation method to prepare size-controlled BSA nanoparticle

Paik S-Y-R, Nguyen H.H., Yang S.C., Che J., Ko S., Sejong university, KR

The development of standard method for nanoparticle preparation using food-grade materials is helpful for various nanotechnology-related applications for food product. In this study, bovine serum albumin (BSA) nanoparticles were prepared using a desolvation method. The [...]

Immobilization of biomolecules in nano-bottles

Dong O., Yeung K.L., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK

This work reports the fabrication of nano-bottles for the containment of biomolecules on a surface of the substrate. Nano-bottles of different sizes from 10 nm to 200 nm were prepared by using nanotextured polymers formed [...]

A Novel Biodegradable System Based on BSA/PCL Core-shell Structured Nanofibers for Controlled Drug Delivery

Feng Y., Zhang Y.Z., Yong T., Ramakrishna S., National University of Singapore, SG

Electrospun core-shell structured nanofibers encapsulating BSA were explored as a potential drug delivery model in a biological system in present study. These nanofibers were prepared by coaxial electrospinning method with poly (caprolactone) (PCL) as the [...]