Romero Angel H, Gonzalez Karina N, Sabino Marcos A
Grupo de Química Orgánica Medicinal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Centro de Química, Laboratorio de Polímeros, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela.
Front Chem. 2025 Jul 25;13:1622566. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2025.1622566. eCollection 2025.
The quinolines represent an important scaffold for the development of leishmanicidal agents. In particular, the use of nano and microformulations has emerged as a powerful tool to improve the therapeutic profile of leishmanicidal drugs, favoring bioavailability, transportation to key targets, metabolic protection, and immunostimulating responses. This mini-review seeks to provide a general perspective about the use of nano/microencapsulation for the development of leishmanicidal formulations based on quinoline, giving an overview of the various cases of encapsulation, analyzing the repercussions of the type of polymeric matrix (synthetic or natural polymer), type of formulation (polymeric or metallic nanoparticles, micelles, liposomes, etc.), drug loading percentage, and release rate of quinoline drug.
喹啉是开发抗利什曼原虫药物的重要骨架。特别是,纳米和微制剂的应用已成为改善抗利什曼原虫药物治疗效果的有力工具,有利于提高生物利用度、向关键靶点转运、代谢保护和免疫刺激反应。本综述旨在提供一个关于基于喹啉的抗利什曼原虫制剂开发中纳米/微囊化应用的总体观点,概述各种囊化情况,分析聚合物基质类型(合成或天然聚合物)、制剂类型(聚合物或金属纳米颗粒、胶束、脂质体等)、喹啉药物载药百分比和释放速率的影响。