title: Understanding the role of the C3-hydroxyl group in glycyrrhetinic acid on liver targeting.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Xiuhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chuangnian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Xuesi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry*; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004339:Drug Compounding; D006034:Glycyrrhetinic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D053758:Nanoparticles; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013667:Technetium; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D011868:Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D013667:Technetium; D048271:Chitosan; D006034:Glycyrrhetinic Acid