Block Copolymer Micelles Encapsulating Au(III) Bis(Dithiolene) Complexes as Promising Nanostructures with Antiplasmodial Activity

• Main Authors: Joana F. Santos (Author), Raquel Azevedo (Author), Miguel Prudêncio (Author), Fernanda Marques (Author), Yann Le Gal (Author), Dominique Lorcy (Author), Célia Fernandes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Block copolymer micelles (BCMs) can be used to improve the solubility of lipophilic drugs and increase their circulation half-life. Hence, BCMs assembled from MePEG-<i>b</i>-PCL were evaluated as drug delivery systems of gold(III) bis(dithiolene) complexes (herein AuS and AuSe) to be emp...