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Preparation, characterization, molecular modeling and in vitro activity of paclitaxel-cyclodextrin complexes
Stefano Alcaro1, Cinzia Anna Ventura, Donatella Paolino
1Department of Pharmacobiological Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Complesso Ninì Barbieri, I-88021 Roccelletta di Borgia (CZ), Italy.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
|June 1, 2002
Abstract:
Paclitaxel (PTX) was complexed with beta-cyclodextrin (1), 2,6-dimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin (2) and 2,3,6-trimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin (3). PTX-CYD complexes were characterized both at the solid and liquid states. Experimental findings are in agreement with molecular modeling analysis, which showed different PTX-CYD interaction as a function of macrocyle methylation. The complexation of PTX within the CYD cavity preserved its antitumoral activity.