title: Natural Sunflower Pollen as a Drug Delivery Vehicle.
abstract: In nature, pollen grains play a vital role for encapsulation. Many pollen species exist which are often used as human food supplements. Dynamic image particle analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and confocal microscopy analysis confirmed the size, structural uniformity, and macromolecular encapsulation in sunflower pollen, paving the way to explore natural pollen grains for the encapsulation of therapeutic molecules.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.|Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore.
authors.forename: Raghavendra C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Mundargi
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.|Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore.
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Potroz
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.|Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore.
authors.forename: Soohyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.|Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore.
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirahama
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.|Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore.
authors.forename: Jae Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.|Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore.
authors.forename: Jeongeun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.|Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore.|School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, 637459, Singapore.
authors.forename: Nam-Joon
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D006368:Helianthus / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D011058:Pollen / Q000737:chemistry*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine
keywords: drug delivery; drug encapsulation; macromolecules; natural pollen grains; particle analysis