Quantum dots as targeted doxorubicin drug delivery nanosystems in human lung cancer cells

Cancer Nanotechnology

Table 5 Comparison of the QD–FA–DOX nanoconjugates

Nanoconjugate	Size [nm]	PDI	DOX content [%]	Ref
Ag₂S NIRQD–PEG–FA–DOX	27	0.291	3.67	Duman et al. 2017
ZnO:Mn⁺² QD–CHI–FA–DOX	29.4	0.228	−	Bajwa et al. 2016
MSNs-CDs@FA–DOX	75	−	2.5	Zhao et al. 2019
QD–MUA–FA–DOX	15.1	0.159	4.6	This work
QD–Cys–FA–DOX	17.6	0.145	5.4
QD–LA–FA–DOX	22.5	0.159	3.9

Ag₂S NIRQDs Ag₂S near-infrared quantum dots, CDs carbon dots, CHI chitosan, Cys L-cysteine, DOX doxorubicin, FA folic acid, LA lipoic acid, MSNs amino-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles, MUA 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid, PDI polydispersity index, PEG amine–polyethylene glycol–valeric acid

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