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Table 6 Role of CDs in drug/gene delivery system

From: Small molecules derived carbon dots: synthesis and applications in sensing, catalysis, imaging, and biomedicine

S. No.

Source molecule

Ligand attached

Drug/gene delivery

Cell type

Refs. No.

1.

EDTA

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSPs)

DOX

HeLa

[114]

2.

Sorbitol and sodium hydroxide

Folic acid

DOX

HeLa

[118]

3.

β-Cyclodextrin (βCD), oligoethylenimine (OEI) and Phosphoric acid

OEI/CD

DOX

H1299

[115]

4.

citric acid and o-phenylenediamine

–

DOX

HeLa, mouse fibroblast cells (L929)

[116]

5.

Carbon nanopowder

Transferrin

DOX

Glioblastoma cells; CHLA-266, DAOY, CHLA-200 and SJGBM2 cells

[119]

6.

Urea and citric acid

carboxyl groups on CDs

DOX

HepG2 and HL-7702

[27]

7.

ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) moreover, polyethyleneimine (PEI)

Hyaluronic acid (HA)

DOX

HeLa cells

[120]

8.

d-Glucose (2.5 mmol) and l-glutamic acid

Polydopamine coated

DOX

HeLa

[121]

9.

Citric acid and polyene polyamine (PEPA)

 

Oxaliplatin

Hepatic cancer cells

[122]

10.

Citric acid and ethylenediamine

–

DOX

L929, MCF-7 and CCK-8

[117]

11.

Citric acid and diethylenetriamine

PEG-(PAH/DMM)

Cisplatin

A2780

[11]

12.

Glycerol and polyethylenimine (PEI)

fc-rPEI (folate conjugated reducible PEI rPEI)

siRNA

H460

[123]

13.

Citric acid and tryptophan

PEI

siRNA

MGC-803

[60]

14.

Branched polyethyleneimine, Hyaluronic acid

Hyaluronate (HA) and polyethyleneimine (PEI) functionalized

DNA/RNA

Hela cells

[124]

15.

Polyethyleneimine and fluorinated diglycidyl ethers

Fluorine doped

siRNA/DNA

7702, A549 and HepG2

[125]

16.

Arginine and glucose

–

pSOX-9

Chondrogenic differentiation of mouse embryonic

Fibroblasts

[76]