Preparation of Star-Shaped Polylactic Acid Drug Carrier Nanoparticles

Michele Marini

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DOI: 10.4236/msa.2010.11007                

Abstract

Drug carrier biocompatible and biodegradable nanoparticles of about 15 nm were prepared by solvent evaporation technique from star-shaped poly(D,L-lactide) synthesized using dipentaerythritol as core and Tin (II) ethylhexanoate as catalyst.

Keywords

PLA, Nanoparticles, Drug-Carriers

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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