APTAMER: A REVIEW ON IT’S IN VITRO SELECTION AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM

Authors

  • VINOD KUMAR Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, PO Hamdard Nagar 110062, New Delhi
  • BRITO RAJ S. Chettinad School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chettinad Health City, Kelambakkam 603103, Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5987-3031
  • LAKSHMI KANAKARAJ Chettinad School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chettinad Health City, Kelambakkam 603103, Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu
  • DEEVAN PAUL A. Chettinad School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chettinad Health City, Kelambakkam 603103, Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu
  • KAVITHA K. NITTE College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bangaluru 560064, Karnataka
  • RAVI M. Jaya College of Paramedical Sciences, Thiruninravur, Chennai 602024
  • SUCHARITHA P. Seven Hills College of Pharmacy, Chittoor, Tirupati 517561, Andhra Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijap.2022v14i2.43594

Keywords:

Aptamer, SELEX, Biosensors, Novel drug delivery system, Nanoparticle, Diagnosis

Abstract

In recent year, Aptamer has been one of the key tools in the field of advanced drug delivery systems. Aptamer are oligonucleotides or peptides that bind to a specific target molecule. In this review we summarize the major differences between the antibody and an Aptamer along with the different methodology of the In vitro selection of the Aptamer by using SELEX (Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment) technique. SELEX is a technique which has a based biosensor and some of the novel drug delivery system. The article referred in this review was referred from the above said source was in the range of 1990-2020 y.

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07-03-2022

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KUMAR, V., RAJ S., B., KANAKARAJ, L., PAUL A., D., K., K., M., R., & P., S. (2022). APTAMER: A REVIEW ON IT’S IN VITRO SELECTION AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM. International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics, 14(2), 35–42. https://doi.org/10.22159/ijap.2022v14i2.43594

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