DPPC
(99%) and DOPE (99%)
were purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids Inc (Alabaster, USA). Paclitaxel
(99%) was obtained as a gift sample from Mac-Chem Products. Stearic
acid (>98%) was purchased from Loba Chemie, EDC (99%), and dialysis
membrane-50 was purchased from HIMEDIA, NHS (>97%) was purchased
from
Sisco Research Lab, and rhodamine-6G (>97%), Nile red (>98%),
and
FITC (>90%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and agarose from
MP
Biomedicals. HPLC grade methanol and chloroform were purchased from
Merck, Mumbai (India). Human PDAC cell lines MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1,
triple negative human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231, and head
and neck cancer cell line AW-8507 were procured from National Centre
for Cell Sciences, (NCCS) Pune. Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium
(DMEM), Dulbecco’s phosphate buffered saline 1×, Trypsin
EDTA solution, and fetal bovine serum were purchased from HIMEDIA.
Degassed water was used in the preparation of tissue mimicking agarose
phantoms for US echogenicity studies.
(99%) and DOPE (99%)
were purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids Inc (Alabaster, USA). Paclitaxel
(99%) was obtained as a gift sample from Mac-Chem Products. Stearic
acid (>98%) was purchased from Loba Chemie, EDC (99%), and dialysis
membrane-50 was purchased from HIMEDIA, NHS (>97%) was purchased
from
Sisco Research Lab, and rhodamine-6G (>97%), Nile red (>98%),
and
FITC (>90%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and agarose from
MP
Biomedicals. HPLC grade methanol and chloroform were purchased from
Merck, Mumbai (India). Human PDAC cell lines MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1,
triple negative human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231, and head
and neck cancer cell line AW-8507 were procured from National Centre
for Cell Sciences, (NCCS) Pune. Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium
(DMEM), Dulbecco’s phosphate buffered saline 1×, Trypsin
EDTA solution, and fetal bovine serum were purchased from HIMEDIA.
Degassed water was used in the preparation of tissue mimicking agarose
phantoms for US echogenicity studies.