Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Agasti SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2673701 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Agasti Sarit S SS Chompoosor Apiwat A You Chang-Cheng CC Ghosh Partha P Kim Chae Kyu CK Rotello Vincent M VM
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090401 16
An anticancer drug (5-fluorouracil) was conjugated to the surface of gold nanoparticles through a photocleavable o-nitrobenzyl linkage. In this system, the particle serves as both cage and carrier for the therapeutic, providing a nontoxic conjugate that effectively releases the payload upon long wavelength UV irradiation. ...[more]