Natural Sunflower Pollen as a Drug Delivery Vehicle

Raghavendra C. Mundargi; Michael G. Potroz; Soohyun Park; Hitomi Shirahama; Jae Ho Lee; Jeongeun Seo; Nam Joon Cho

doi:10.1002/smll.201500860

Natural Sunflower Pollen as a Drug Delivery Vehicle

Raghavendra C. Mundargi, Michael G. Potroz, Soohyun Park, Hitomi Shirahama, Jae Ho Lee, Jeongeun Seo, Nam Joon Cho^*

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Abstract

In nature, pollen grains play a vital role for encapsulation. Many pollen species exist which are often used as human food supplements. Dynamic image particle analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and confocal microscopy analysis confirmed the size, structural uniformity, and macromolecular encapsulation in sunflower pollen, paving the way to explore natural pollen grains for the encapsulation of therapeutic molecules.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1167-1173
Number of pages	7
Journal	Small
Volume	12
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201500860
Publication status	Published - Mar 2 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Biotechnology
General Chemistry
Biomaterials
General Materials Science
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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drug delivery
drug encapsulation
macromolecules
natural pollen grains
particle analysis

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