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CHEMISTRYSELECT
卷 3, 期 39, 页码 11098-11102出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201801305
关键词
Barium ions; Contrast agent; CT imaging; Melanin; Nano-carrier
Facile preparation of biocompatible nano-platforms for computed tomography (CT) is demanding. In this work, PEGylated melanin nanoparticles (MNPs) are prepared and reacted with barium ions as CT imaging contrast agent (Ba-MNPs-mPEG). It is found that the hydrodynamic size of MNPs is in accordance with size of MNPs measured by electron microscopy (4 +/- 1 nm). The zeta potential of MNPs reduces by PEGylation and chelating with Ba2+ ions. Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) analysis proposed that OH and NH groups of MNPs are possible binding sites for Ba2+ ions. The prepared Ba-MNPs-mPEG shows no significant cytotoxicity at concentration up to 100 ppm of barium concentration after 24 h. Finally, our results indicated that the X-ray attenuation of Ba-MNPs-mPEG is similar and slightly higher than Iohexol as the commercially available iodinated contrasting agent at the same concentrations.
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