MICELLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does micelle mean? 

• MICELLE (noun)
  The noun MICELLE has 1 sense:

1. an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents

  Familiarity information: MICELLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICELLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("micelle" is a kind of...):

particle; subatomic particle (a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions)

 Context examples 

A systemic administered polymeric micelle containing paclitaxel that may be used for chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

(Micellar Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

The use of polymeric micelles incorporating DACH-platin may both increase cell permeability and enhance the retention of the agent.

(DACH-Platin Micelle NC-4016, NCI Thesaurus)

In medicine, micelles are made in the laboratory and are used to carry drugs to body tissues and cells.

(Micelle, NCI Dictionary)

Upon oral administration, DHP107 forms droplets and micelles in the intestine; these adhere to mucoepithelial cells in the gastrointestinal tract and are absorbed through lipid-based uptake mechanisms.

(Mucoadhesive Paclitaxel Formulation, NCI Thesaurus)

In micellar nanoparticle-encapsulated cisplatin NC-6004, cisplatin forms a polymer-metal complex with hydrophilic polyethylene glycol poly(glutamic acid) block copolymers by attaching to the micelle inner core consisting of the hydrophobic polyamino acids.

(Micellar Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Cisplatin NC-6004, NCI Thesaurus)

A biodegradable poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide) copolymer micelle nanoparticle-entrapped formulation of paclitaxel with antineoplastic activity.

(Paclitaxel-loaded polymeric micelle, NCI Thesaurus)

DACH-platin micelle NC-4016 is prepared through the formation of a polymer-metal complex between DACH-platin and the polyethylene glycol-poly (glutamic acid) block copolymer, PEG-P(Glu).

(DACH-Platin Micelle NC-4016, NCI Thesaurus)

A nanoparticle-based prodrug formulation consisting of polymeric micelles incorporating the inorganic platinum agent cisplatin with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Micellar Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Cisplatin NC-6004, NCI Thesaurus)