Table 2.

Surface-modified liposomes liganded with different carbohydrates for varied clinical and research purposes

S. no	Carbohydrate	Application of liposome	References
1	Glucose	Tumor study	Luciani et al. (2004)
		Drug delivery for brain capillary endothelia cells	Xie et al. (2012)
2	Mannose	Efficient formation of giant liposomes	Tsumoto et al. (2009)
3	Galactose	To study galactose receptors on macrophages and to study the targeted delivery of galactose to hepatocytes	Managit et al. (2005)
4	Sucrose	Doxirubicin-loaded liposomes for cancer treatment	Song et al. (2009)
5	Maltose	Doxirubicin transport for cancer treatment	Song et al. (2009)
6	Lactose	To study liposome size and stability	Zhu et al. (2005)
7	Oligosaccharides	Therapeutic inhibitor designs	Galustian et al. (2004)
8	Lectins	Pulmonary drug delivery	Abu-Dahab et al. (2001)
9	Tomato lectin, wheat germ agglutinin	Oral administration of insulin	Zhang et al. (2005)