Question

What are the different types of drug carrying vehicles used for delivering drug in Nanotechnology. Describe briefly about Core-Shell Nanostructures?

Answer 1

Durg Carrying Vehicles: These are defined as the substances or Nanoparticles which carry the drug from one location of a body to another location or target location when injected orally or through veins.

In Nanotechnology there are different kinds of Nanoparticles which act as drug-carrying vehicles, Some are listed below:

1) Lipid-Based Nanocarriers

2) Polymer-Based Nanocarriers

3) Inorganic Nanoparticles

4) Viral Nanoparticles

5) Drug Conjugates

Examples:

1) Lipid-Based Nanocarriers include Liposomes, Solid-lipid Nanoparticles and Stealth Liposomes

2) Polymer-Based Nanoparticles include Polymeric Micille, Polymeric Nanoparticles, Nanoparticle Albumin bounded technology

3) Inorganic Nanoparticles include Silica Nanoparticles, Metal Nanoparticles and Hafnium Oxide nanoparticles

4) Viral Nanoparticles are of one classification

5) Drug Conjugates include Anti-Body Drug Conjugate, Polymer Drug conjugate, and Polymer -protein conjugate

Core-Shell Nanoparticles:

These are a kind of Drug carrying vehicles, which are from the group of Metal Nanoparticles

These include Iron, Gold as the core of the Nanoparticle

these are classified as Spherical and Non-Spherical Core-Shell Nanoparticles

Spherical particles are classified as described below:

1) Single Core-Shell

2) Single-Core -Multi-shell

3) Multi-Core- Single Shell

4) Multi-Core - Shell

5)Multi Shells

Nonspherical Nanoparticles are Classified as follows:

1) Non-Spherical Core-Shell Np

2) Non-Spherical core or Shell Np

Hope You will get an Idea regarding the topic.