Table 1.

Surface-engineered liposomes functionalized with different vitamins for varied clinical and research applications

S. no	Vitamin	Liposome applications	References
1	Biotin	As DNA sensors	Patolsky et al. (2000)
		Oral delivery of insulin	Zhang et al. (2014)
		Delivery of quantum dots conjugated to epidermal growth factor ligand to target EGFR	Sigot et al. (2010)
		Used for analysis of solutes during capillary electrophoresis	Yang et al. (1998)
2	Nicotinamide	Radiolabelling liposome	Laverman et al. (2000)
		To study the thermal stability of formaldehyde dehydrogenase	Yoshimoto et al. (2011)
3	Vitamin A	siRNA carrier to ameliorate skin fibrosis	Yamakawa et al. (2018)
4	Pyridoxal phosphate	To study polarization anisotropy and fluorescence lifetime of liposomes	Greenaway and Ledbetter (1987)
5	Riboflavin	Riboflavin photolysis stability	Ahmad et al. (2015)
6	Tocopherol	Lipopolysaccharide induced lung injury	Suntres and Shek (1998)
		Delivery of docetaxel	Raju et al. (2013)
		Added to liposomes to enhance their antioxidant activity	Fex and Johannesson (1987)
7	Folic acid	Macrophage targeting with ovarian carcinoma	Turk et al. (2004)
		Oligodeoxynucleotide targeting to cancer cells	Leamon et al. (2003)