D. Wouessidjewe et al., A NEW CONCEPT IN DRUG-DELIVERY BASED ON [[SKIRT-SHAPED CYCLODEXTRIN AGGREGATES]] - PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE-PROSPECTS, STP pharma sciences, 6(1), 1996, pp. 21-28
Natural cyclodextrins can be chemically modified in a regioselective m
anner. Amphiphilic ''skirt-shaped cyclodextrins'' have been prepared b
y esterification of alcohol groups of the cyclodextrin secondary hydro
xyl face by acyl chloride of variable chain length. Such derivatives c
an self-assemble in interesting supramolecular structures. The prelimi
nary results of the physicochemical characterizations and applications
of these new systems are presented.