Inclusion of chemotherapeutic agents in substituted β-cyclodextrin derivatives

The stabilities of the inclusion compounds of three chemotherapeutic agents, camptothecin (CPT), docetaxel (DOC) and idarubicin (IDA), plus a model compound 1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone (DHA) with several beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) derivatives were investigated by solubility measurements, isothermal titration microcalorimetry and fluorescence anisotropy measurements. Ionic heptakis-(6-deoxy-6-thioethers) of beta-CD were found to exhibit very high binding potentials for these drugs making them to good candidates for advanced drug delivery.