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. 2024 Apr 13;7(5):2677–2694. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.4c00153

Table 2. Drugs and Biomolecules Used for Cancer Therapeutics and Delivered via Cubosome Nanocarriers.

Drug used Cell line/cancer model Dimension of cubosome (nm) Targeting Ref
Gambogenic acid SMMC-7721 (Hepatocellular carcinoma) 148 No (136)
5-Fluorouracil MDA-MB-231 (Breast cancer) 187.2 No (137)
Albendazole HepG2 (Hepatocellular carcinoma) 48.17 ± 0.65 No (138)
Imatinib mesylate Hep G2 (Liver cancer) 130.7 ± 2.92 CD44 via hyaluronic acid (139)
Bedaquiline A549 (Lung cancer cells) 150.2 ± 5.1 No (140)
Paclitaxel Hela (Cervical cancer) 138.7 ± 6 Biotinylated cubosomes (98)
Metformin Hct-116 and Caco-2 (Colorectal cancer) 110–160 No (141)
siRNA CHO (Chinese hamster ovary) 332 No (142)
Doxorubicin, 213 Bi HeLa (Cervical cancer) 160 ± 10 No (143)
Curcumin and fish oil antioxidant SH-SY5Y (Neuroblastoma) 100 nm and 400 No (144)
Docetaxel Hela (Cervical cancer) 174 Folate via folic acid (112)
Naproxen Na Hela (Cervical cancer) 200 ± 39 No (145)
NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+ UCNPs SKOV-3 (Ovarian cancer), MeWo (Melanoma granular fibroblasts) 163 ± 7 Folate via folic acid (146)
5-fluorouracil HepG2 (Hepatocellular carcinoma) 105.7075.47 No (147)
Bambusae Caulis Raw 264.7 (Mouse Leukaemia) 166–179 No (148)
5-FCPhy MCF7 (Breast cancer), PC3 (Prostate cancer) 164 No (149)
Lumefantrine A549 (Lung cancer) 259.4 ± 19 No (150)
Brucea javanica Oil and Doxorubicin MCF-7 (Breast cancer) <200 No (151)
Ce6 or TPP-Mn Me45 (Skin melanoma), MeWo (Melanoma fibroblasts) between 130 ± 1 and 162 ± 4 No (16)
Curcumin Hela (Cervical cancer) 100–300 No (152)
Rapamycin NK-92 (Natural killer cell)   No (153)
Lipopeptide MCF-7 (Breast cancer), 161Br (Skin fibroblasts)   No (154)
dsDNA CHO (Chinese hamster ovary) ∼250–420 No (155)
Capecitabine, 5-FCOle MDA-MB-231, 4T1 (Breast cancer) 255 No (156)
Copper-organo complex LS174T (Colorectal cancer) 141 Carcinoembryonic antigen via Affimer protein (13)
Copper-organo complex MDA-MB-231 (Breast cancer), HT29 (Colorectal cancer) 152 CD44 via hyaluronic acid (12)