Nanoparticles are colloidal range, their stability is depend on the zeta potential that is based on surrounding fluid around particle. when it enter in to stomach or blood medium composition will changes so directly effects on zeta potential of particle
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This is not an easy question. Actually, stability is a relative concept. Nanoparticles can be stable in a given environment but not in another. Maybe, what you need to know is the tissue or biological fluid you want to enter the NP. The whole body is difficult to control, every tissue has its different physical chemical characteristics.
Anyway, I think you should try with a functionalization of NP surface. Maybe you can attach a biological moiety just to ensure biocompatibility and stability. Usally, electrostatic stabilization is the more efficent type of stabilization, but in vivo, maybe, steric stabilization will be better. It can be achieved by functionalizing NP with something like a protein corona or other "large" functional groups.
Measure it in artificial saliva and/or artificial blood plasma. Zetapotential is not the only factor which influences the aggregation.
Coating of NP may increase their survival in-vivo, for example by proteins or biocompatible polymers.
i ravi reddy,
If you are targeting for stomach, then do in-vitro studies at stomach pH so that it can mimic same condition and give results with respect to stomach pH. Now the stability of the nanoparticles can be achieved by using the polymers or coating materials which are degraded at the targeted organ pH.
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Following points must be met by a successful nano system in in vivo system:
1. It should nt aggregare with postive ly charged proteins present in blood....hence, a slight negative charge is recommended.
2. Particle size is critically im, if NP to stay in blood, it should have size bigget enough to avoid kidney filtration and larger enough to avoid macrophage uptake. EX: in case of cancer targeting we recommend 20-100 nm size
3. Circulation time is utmost imp: So NP should have enough circulation time....we use moueties like PEG to increase this.
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