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A water-soluble pillar[5]arene as a new carrier for an old drug
Lucia Barbera1, Domenico Franco, Laura M De Plano
1Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy. anotti@unime.it ipisagatti@unime.it.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
|April 1, 2017
Abstract:
The remarkable affinity of deca-carboxylatopillar[5]arene WP5 towards the aminoglycoside antibiotic, amikacin, in aqueous media is reported; in vitro studies on Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) show that drug entrapment inside WP5 also takes place in the presence of the microrganisms, thus pointing to WP5 as an appealing carrier for amikacin targeted delivery.