<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jayaprabha, Kunnoth N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joy, Pattayil Alias</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Citrate modified beta-cyclodextrin functionalised magnetite nanoparticles: a biocompatible platform for hydrophobic drug delivery</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RSC Advances</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FEB</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22117-22125</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Water-dispersible magnetite nanoparticles functionalized with citric acid (CIT) modified beta-cyclodextrin (CD) are prepared and curcumin (CUR) is loaded inside the cavity of CD. The CUR loading capacity of CD-CIT functionalized magnetite nanoparticles is found to be much larger than that of CD alone as well as the CD-CIT conjugate. The release profile of curcumin is found to follow zero order kinetics at the physiological pH, and thus, can release CUR at a constant rate, after the initial burst release. Relaxivity studies using NMR showed that the functionalized nanoparticles are suitable for contrast enhancement in MRI. Thus, the water-dispersible, CIT modified beta-CD functionalized magnetite nanofluid is an efficient carrier for water insoluble curcumin, and can be used for magnetic drug targeting/delivery as well as for contrast enhancement in MRI due to the superparamagnetic magnetite core.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.289</style></custom4></record></records></xml>