A new anti-cancer drug delivery system, based on gold nanoparticles, has been designed for hydrophobic active compounds. The system is a conjugate of gold/polyethyleneimine (AuNPs/PEI) nanoparticles and sulphated β-cyclodextrin (CD). Anionic cyclodextrin was attached to the positively charged AuNPs/PEI nanoparticles by ionic bonds. Tanshinone IIA and α-mangostin were extracted, purified and encapsulated into the AuNPs/PEI/CD nanoparticles. In vitro preliminary cell viability assays against prostate cancer cell lines PC-3 and DU145 showed that encapsulation resulted in increased cytotoxicity.

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