Designing of new cationic surfactant based micellar systems as drug carriers: an investigation into the drug cell membrane interactions

This study highlights the utility of new pyridinium based cationic surfactants, N-(n-heptyl)-3-methylpyridinium bromide (Py7) and N-(n-nonyl)-3-methylpyridinium bromide (Py9), formed via a single step substitution reaction, for their application towards drugs delivery. Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic methods have been employed for the characterization of these amphiphiles. Aggregation...