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ReviewCentral nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry2025

Cutting-edge Approach of Carbon Nanostructures: Targeted Drug Delivery to Central Nervous System.

Venishaa Sethumadhavan, Mridul Guleria, Prashant Kumar, Mithun Bhowmick, Pratibha Bhowmick, Sumel Ashique, Iqbal Husain, Radheshyam Pal

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8 authors.

Venishaa SethumadhavanDepartment of Microbiology, Nehru Arts And Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641105, India.
Mridul GuleriaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab 143005, India.
Prashant KumarTeerthanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, 244001, India.
Mithun BhowmickDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Durgapur 713212, West Bengal, India.
Pratibha BhowmickDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Durgapur 713212, West Bengal, India.
Sumel AshiqueDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Durgapur 713212, West Bengal, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4362-2830
Iqbal HusainDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Jahangirabad Institute of Technology, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, 225203, India.
Radheshyam PalDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Durgapur 713212, West Bengal, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is one of the key challenges in the modern era of medicine due to the highly semipermeable characteristics of BBB that restrict the entry of various drugs into the central nervous system (CNS) for the management of brain disorders. Drugs can be easily incorporated into carbon nanocarriers that can cross the bloodbrain barrier. Numerous nanocarriers have been developed, including polymeric nanoparticles, carbon nanoparticles, lipid-based nanoparticles, etc. Among these, carbon nanostructures could be superior due to their easier BBB penetration and strong biocompatibility. Several CDs (Carbon dots) and CD-ligand conjugates have explored effectively penetrating the BBB, which enables significant progress in using CD-based drug delivery systems (DDS) to manage CNS diseases. Despite the drug delivery applications, they might also be used as a central nervous system (CNS) drug; few of the carbon nanostructures show profound neurodegenerative activity. Further, their impact on neuronal growth and anti- amyloid action is quite interesting. The present study covers diverse carbon nanostructures for brain-targeted drug delivery, exploring a variety of CNS activities. Moreover, it emphasizes recent patents on carbon nanostructures for CNS disorders.

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CarbonCentral Nervous SystemCentral Nervous System AgentsCentral Nervous System DiseasesDrug Delivery SystemsNanostructuresAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierDrug CarriersHumansCarbonCentral Nervous System AgentsDrug CarriersCarbon nanostructuresCNS drug deliverylimitations.opportunitiespatentstargeted drug delivery

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