Table 3.
Polymer coated AuNPs as drug delivery vehicles for various cancer cell lines
| AuNP modifications | Loaded drugs | Modes of functionalization | Cell lines and models | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEG-folate | Curcumin | Hyaluronic acid (HA)-curcumin linking | HeLa cells, C6 glioma cells and Caco 2 cells | [147] |
| PEG | Paclitaxel | Paclitaxel-PEG-SH linking | HepG2 cells | [148] |
| PEG-SH | Oxaliplatin | PEG-SH linking | A549, HCT116, HCT15, HT29, RKO | [95] |
| Folate adapted PEG | Doxorubicin | Physical sorption | KB cells | [149] |
| Folic acid & PEG-SH | Cisplatin | PEG-SH linking | OVCAR-5, OV-167, HUVEC, OSE | [150] |