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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 32, Number 1
BKCSDE 32(1)
January 20, 2011 

 
Title
Conjugation of Ginsenoside Rg3 with Gold Nanoparticles
Author
Youmie Park*, A Rang Im, Eun Ji Joo, Jihye Lee, Hyeung geun Park, Young Hwa Kang, Robert J. Linhardt, Yeong Shik Kim
Keywords
Ginsenoside Rg3, Gold nanoparticles, Rg3 monoclonal antibody, Conjugation, Nano-sized delivery vehicle
Abstract
Ginsenoside Rg3 was reported to have important biological activities. We demonstrate conjugation and quantification procedures of ginsenoside Rg3 to gold nanoparticles for future biological and medical applications. Ginsenoside Rg3 was conjugated to spherical gold nanoparticles using a bifunctional heptaethylene glycol linker. The sulfhydryl group of heptaethylene glycol was adsorbed onto gold nanoparticles, and carboxylic acid end of heptaethylene glycol was bonded through a hydroxyl group of Rg3 via ester bond formation. The conjugation of Rg3 was characterized with various spectroscopic techniques, high resolution-transmission electron microscopy, and using Rg3 monoclonal antibody. The Rg3- functionalized gold nanoparticles were 4.7 ± 1.0 nm in diameter with a surface charge of ‒4.12 mV. The total number of Rg3 molecules conjugated to a 3.6 mL solution of gold nanoparticle was determined to be 9.5 × 1014 corresponding to ~6 molecules of Rg3/gold nanoparticle. These results suggest that ginsenoside Rg3 is successfully conjugated to gold nanoparticles via heptaethylene glycol linker. The quantification was performed by using Rg3 monoclonal antibody without interference of gold’s intrinsic color.
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286 - 290
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