[Role of Pharmacist in Comprehensive Community System: An Elder Beginner Medical Doctor's View].

Pharmacists at National Cancer Center Hospital East play important roles in designing, conducting new protocol for clinical trials for developing new regimens and even new drugs. They are also key staffs in treating cancer patients in both in- and out-patient clinics by conducting chemotherapy and monitoring adverse effects. In addition, they educate patients and families before and during treatment by operating independent pharmacists' out-patient clinics.

Adsorption and aggregation properties of multichain anionic amphiphilic oligomers consisting of dodecyl acrylamide and sodium acrylate.

Multichain amide-bonded anionic amphiphilic oligomers consisting of dodecyl acrylamide and sodium acrylate (i.e., xC₁₂AAm-yAA, where x and y represent the number of dodecyl acrylamide (C₁₂AAm) and sodium acrylate (AA) units, respectively) were synthesized via the radical oligomerization of two monomers in the presence of 2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride.

Solution properties and emulsification properties of amino acid-based gemini surfactants derived from cysteine.

Amino acid-based anionic gemini surfactants (2C(n)diCys, where n represents an alkyl chain with a length of 10, 12, or 14 carbons and "di" and "Cys" indicate adipoyl and cysteine, respectively) were synthesized using the amino acid cysteine. Biodegradability, equilibrium surface tension, and dynamic light scattering were used to characterize the properties of gemini surfactants. Additionally, the effects of alkyl chain length, number of chains, and structure on these properties were evaluated by comparing previously reported gemini surfactants derived from cystine (2C(n)Cys) and monomeric surfactants (C(n)Cys).

Solution properties of amphiphilic telomers with multiple sugar chains and terminal alkyl chain.

Amphiphilic telomers with multiple sugar chains and a terminal undecyl or heptadecyl chain (i.e., C(n)Am-mGEMA, where n and m represent alkyl chain lengths of 11 or 17 with a degree of polymerization of 2.

Equilibrium surface tension, dynamic surface tension, and micellization properties of lactobionamide-type sugar-based gemini surfactants.

A sugar-based gemini surfactant N,N'-dialkyl-N,N'-dilactobionamideethylenediamine (2C(n)Lac, where n represents alkyl chain lengths of 8, 10, 12, and 14) was synthesized by reacting N,N'-dialkylethylenediamine with lactobionic acid. The adsorption properties of 2C(n)Lac were characterized by equilibrium and dynamic surface tension measurements. Their micellization properties were investigated by steady-state fluorescence using pyrene as a probe and dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques.