Review Article

Dendrimers: A New Race of Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers

Table 2

Dendrimers as anticancer drug carriers.

S. No.DrugMechanism of interactionResultReference

15-FluorouracilChemically conjugated systemSolubility enhancement of 5-fluorouracil[39]
2CisplatinCovalent bondingReduced cytotoxicity and improved entrapment efficiency[40]
3DoxorubicinEncapsulationSolubility enhancement[41]
4MethotrexateEncapsulationImproved bioavailability[42]
5PaclitaxelEncapsulationSolubility enhancement[43]
6CisplatinEncapsulationReduced toxicity[43]