6,636
Views
55
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Review Article

Surfactant-based drug delivery systems for treating drug-resistant lung cancer

, , , &
Pages 717-728 | Received 23 Apr 2014, Accepted 12 Jun 2014, Published online: 11 Jul 2014

Figures & data

Figure 1. Benefits of inhalation therapy.

Figure 1. Benefits of inhalation therapy.

Figure 2. The proposed mechanisms of curcumin-induced apoptotic cell death in human non-small cell lung cancer NCI-H460 cells.

Figure 2. The proposed mechanisms of curcumin-induced apoptotic cell death in human non-small cell lung cancer NCI-H460 cells.

Figure 3. Chemical structures of typical double-chain surfactants.

Figure 3. Chemical structures of typical double-chain surfactants.

Table 1. Classification of surfactants long with suitable examples.

Table 2. Commercially available hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfactants (Griffin, Citation1955).

Figure 4. Structural characteristics of novel surfactants.

Figure 4. Structural characteristics of novel surfactants.

Table 3. Common uses of surfactant categories with their features (Dickinson, Citation1992; Solans & Kunieda, Citation1996).

Figure 5. Pharmaceutical excipients as P-gp inhibitors.

Figure 5. Pharmaceutical excipients as P-gp inhibitors.

Figure 6. Mechanism undertaken for P-glycoprotein-mediated efflux for excipients (Bansal et al., Citation2009).

Figure 6. Mechanism undertaken for P-glycoprotein-mediated efflux for excipients (Bansal et al., Citation2009).

Table 4. Advanced formulations on the basis of P-gp modulation.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.