In early clinical trials, cyclodextrin slowed the progression of Niemann-Pick type C, a lysosomal storage disorder affecting the brain, liver and spleen. Patients with Niemann-Pick disorder have very ...

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

A new method for making γ-cyclodextrin could provide a cheaper and simpler route to this promising yet pricey host molecule. The synthesis, which uses a photoswitchable hydrazone template, might also ...

Research demonstrates how a hydrazone template can replace energy-intensive distillation to produce and isolate gamma-cyclodextrin -- a water-soluble chemical that attracts other molecules and is used ...

In the latest step in science’s never-ending quest for tinyness, researchers at Northwestern University have made edible nanostructures. “It tastes like starch,” said Ronald A. Smaldone, a ...

Cyclodextrin nanosponges represent an innovative class of cross‐linked cyclodextrin polymers designed to enhance the solubility, stability and bioavailability of pharmaceutical agents. Their ...

The flavonols quercetin and myricetin, compounds associated with significant health benefits, can be encapsulated in beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD), researchers have reported. "The complexation of ...

Two ingredients – fructose and alpha-cyclodextrin – can now carry claims that they lead to a lower blood glucose rise, as the European Union adopts its latest batch of article 13 health claims.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Dec. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cholrem (Australia) Pty Ltd have produced a product CAVADEX (Beta-Cyclodextrin) which reverses heart disease by removing ...

Chemists love to tinker with cyclodextrins (CDs)—macrocyclic daisy chains of glucose molecules that feature a hydrophobic core surrounded by a hydrophilic exterior. They’ve been used to encapsulate ...

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 ...