Abstract
The present study focused on synthesizing bolaamphiphiles from the readily available and inexpensive castor oil, a vegetable oil, which contains about 90% of ricinoleic acid. Two classes of symmetric and asymmetric bolaamphiphiles with acetylcholine head groups were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic analysis. These novel bolaamphiphilic compounds self-assemble in aqueous media to form stable cationic spherical nano-sized vesicles that are potential drug delivery systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8557-8571 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 45 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 11 Nov 2015 |
Keywords
- Acetylcholine
- Bolaamphiphiles
- Drug delivery
- Ricinoleic acid
- Vesicles
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry