Fig. 7
From: Ginsenosides emerging as both bifunctional drugs and nanocarriers for enhanced antitumor therapies
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Preparation of A54 peptide-coated micelles and drug delivery of ginsenoside CK to HepG2 and Huh-7 cells. A Fabrication and mechanism of APD-CK micelles. B Synthetic procedures of A54-PEG-DA-OCMC polymer. C TEM image and AFM image of micelles indicating the spherical morphology of APD-CK. D, E The effect of micelles on the expression of p53, caspase 6, caspase 9, caspase 3 and PARP apoptosis protein in HepG2 cells. APD A54 peptide, DA deoxycholic acid, OCMC O-arboxymethyl chitosan. Reprinted with the permission from Ref [108].