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Synthesis and characterization of sodium alginate/poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone) nano-carrier loaded with rebaudioside A and/or stevioside for anticancer drug delivery

مؤلف البحث
Shaymaa M.M. Mohamed, Ahmed K.B. Aljohani, Ahmed El-morsy, Rwaida A. Al Haidari, Mshref A.A. Alamri, Yahya A. Maqnas, Aishah M. Alsibaee, Mahmoud A.H. Mostafa, Doaa E. Keshek, May G. Mohamed, Soad A.L. Bayoumi, Samir A. Salama
تاريخ البحث
قسم البحث
مجلة البحث
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
الناشر
Elsevier
تصنيف البحث
Q1
عدد البحث
316
موقع البحث
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813025053309
سنة البحث
2025
المشارك في البحث
ملخص البحث

Stevioside and rebaudioside A revealed anticancer effects against diversity of cancers, such as colon, breast and 
liver cancers. Rebaudioside A can trigger apoptosis in cancer cells via activation of caspase-dependent pathway. 
In this study, sodium alginate/poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) as nano-carriers loaded with natural products rebaudioside A (R) and/or stevioside (S) were assessed for anticancer activities. The nanogel of structure R improved 
cytotoxicity against MCF-7, HepG2, HCT116 and A549 cancers by 60.29 %, 53.45 %, 72.86% and 62.13%, 
correspondingly. Additionally, the nanogel of structure S improved cytotoxicity against MCF-7, HepG2, HCT116 
and A549 cancers by 63.96%, 53.41%, 70.59% and 52.88%, respectively. Furthermore, the nanogel for 
mixture of R/S improved cytotoxicity against MCF-7, HepG2, HCT116 and A549 cancers by 78.86%, 54.75%, 
74.10 % and 56.53%, correspondingly. Also, cytotoxic activities of structures R, S and R/S and their nanogels 
exhibited low toxicity on VERO cells with IC50 = 30.90–46.50 μM and high selectivity against cancer cells. 
Moreover, R/S (nanogel), R (nanogel) and S (nanogel) demonstrated the uppermost binding affinities with DNA 
at reduced IC50 values of 31.50, 32.60, and 33.90 μM, respectively. In addition, they inhibited Topo-II activity 
with remarkably low IC50 values of 0.95, 1.00, and 1.10 μM, respectively.