Figure 7.

Illustrative representation of conjugated doxorubicin onto NCCs through chemical bonding (this picture is re-drawn from Tortorella et al. [160]. Copyright © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH). Abbreviations: NCCs = cellulose nanocrystals, DAC = cellulose dialdehyde, GABA = c-amino butyric acid, HBA = 4-hydroxy benzyl alcohol, EDC HCl = 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride, NHS = N-hydroxy succinimide, DMAP = 4-dimethylamino pyridine, NPC = 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate, DIPEA = N,N-diisopropyl-N-ethylamine, anh. DMF = anhydrous dimethylformamide, DOXONH2 = doxorubicin, * is repetitive monomer molecules.