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Ana Lucía Reviglio1, Gustavo Ariel Alaniz1, Ana Cecilia Liaudat2
1IITEMA-CONICET, Departamento de Física, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto-CONICET, Agencia Postal 3, X5804BYA Río Cuarto, Argentina.
Abstract:
This study demonstrates the application of Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films as biomimetic drug reservoirs and delivery systems to investigate the effect of an anthelmintic on cancer cell culture. The repurposing of benzimidazole anthelmintics for cancer therapy due to their microtubule-inhibiting properties has gained attention, showing promising anticancer effects and tumor-suppressive properties. Although widely used in medicine, the low aqueous solubility of benzimidazole compounds poses challenges for studying their effects on cancer cells, requiring incorporation into various formulations. Our study demonstrates that incorporating albendazole into stable Palmitic Acid Langmuir monolayers, forming Langmuir-Blodgett films, significantly affects the proliferation of liver carcinoma cells. This report presents the initial findings of the effect of an antitumoral drug on cancer cell culture using a simple and repeatable methodology.
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