Table 2.
Material | Influential Effect | Ref |
---|---|---|
PEG | Increasing mucus penetration (~5 KDa) | [62] |
Reduce recognition and clearance | [37,71] | |
Enhance plasma circulation times | [71] | |
Promote drug accumulation | [37] | |
TA | Improve solubility of hydrophobic molecules | [75] |
Inhibitory effect of P-gp | [81] | |
Avoid gastric acid degradation | [2] | |
Polycation | Increase solubility of hydrophobic molecules | [84] |
PECs | Facilitating mucus transport | [43,85] |
Increasing cellular penetration | [89] | |
Lipid material (log P>5) |
Increase the lymphatic absorption Prevent the liver from first pass metabolizing |
[84] |
[84] | ||
Specific ligands | Increasing cellular uptake | [96] |
Abbreviations: PEG, ploy(ethylene glycol); TA, tannic acid; PECs; polyelectrolyte complexes; P-gp, P-glycoprotein.