Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides renowned for their distinctive truncated cone structure, which features a hydrophobic internal cavity and a hydrophilic exterior. This molecular ...

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the arterial wall that is caused by increased levels of cholesterol in the blood and an accumulation of cholesterol crystals in the subendothelial spaces.

Cyclodextrin, a compound now in testing to treat a very rare genetic disease, may have a potential use in treating a much more common condition too: heart disease. Researchers reported Wednesday in ...

Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and ...

A sugar that freshens air in rooms may also clean cholesterol out of hardened arteries. The sugar, cyclodextrin, removed cholesterol that had built up in the arteries of mice fed a high-fat diet, ...

Cyclodextrine wurden vor mehr als 100 Jahren entdeckt, sind aber aktueller denn je. Besonders ihre Derivate stellen interessante Hilfsstoffe dar, die nicht nur in der Arzneimittelentwicklung, sondern ...