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Costas Demetzos is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their academic work is primarily situated within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Pharmaceutical Science, Organic Chemistry, and Food Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Liposome Research
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Materials
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Recent notable papers include:

  • Promising Nanotechnology Approaches in Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases of Central Nervous System, 2020, Brain Sciences
  • Preparation and Biophysical Characterization of Quercetin Inclusion Complexes with β-Cyclodextrin Derivatives to be Formulated as Possible Nose-to-Brain Quercetin Delivery Systems, 2020, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures as Drug Delivery Systems and Vaccine Platforms, 2022, Pharmaceuticals
  • Development and physicochemical characterization of nanoliposomes with incorporated oleocanthal, oleacein, oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol, 2022, Food Chemistry
  • Liquid crystalline nanoparticles for drug delivery: The role of gradient and block copolymers on the morphology, internal organisation and release profile, 2020, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

The scientist has collaborated extensively with various coauthors, including:

  • Maria Chountoulesi
  • Nikolaos Naziris
  • Νatassa Pippa
  • Stergios Pispas
  • Aleksander Foryś

Best Publications

  • Nanoliposomes and Their Applications in Food Nanotechnology

    M Reza Mozafari;Chad Johnson;Sophia Hatziantoniou;Costas Demetzos

  • Essential oil analysis and antimicrobial activity of eight Stachys species from Greece.

    Helen D. Skaltsa;Costas Demetzos;Diamanto Lazari;Marina Sokovic

  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC): a tool to study the thermal behavior of lipid bilayers and liposomal stability.

    Costas Demetzos

  • Doxorubicin-PAMAM dendrimer complex attached to liposomes: cytotoxic studies against human cancer cell lines.

    Aristarchos Papagiannaros;Kostas Dimas;George Th Papaioannou;Costas Demetzos

  • A DSC and Raman spectroscopy study on the effect of PAMAM dendrimer on DPPC model lipid membranes.

    Konstantinos Gardikis;Sophia Hatziantoniou;Kyriakos Viras;Matthias Wagner

  • Cytotoxic activity of labdane type diterpenes against human leukemic cell lines in vitro.

    Kostas Dimas;Costas Demetzos;Marios Marsellos;Roula Sotiriadou

  • Labdane-type diterpenes: Chemistry and biological activity

    Costas Demetzos;Konstantinos S. Dimas

  • Advanced drug delivery nanosystems (aDDnSs): a mini-review

    Costas Demetzos;Natassa Pippa

  • Chemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of the resin Ladano, of its essential oil and of the isolated compounds.

    Costas Demetzos;Berthamarie Stahl;Thalia Anastassaki;Maria Gazouli

  • Lipid analysis of Greek walnut oil (Juglans regia L.).

    George Tsamouris;Sophia Hatziantoniou;Costas Demetzos

  • Bioactive sesquiterpene lactones from Centaurea species and their cytotoxic/cytostatic activity against human cell lines in vitro.

    Ekaterini Koukoulitsa;Helen Skaltsa;Anastasia Karioti;Costas Demetzos

  • Sesquiterpene lactones from Centaurea spinosa and their antibacterial and cytotoxic activities.

    Vasiliki Saroglou;Anastasia Karioti;Costas Demetzos;Kostas Dimas

  • Amphiphilic gradient copolymers of 2‐methyl‐ and 2‐phenyl‐2‐oxazoline: self‐organization in aqueous media and drug encapsulation

    Yanna Milonaki;Eleni Kaditi;Stergios Pispas;Costas Demetzos

  • Bioactive Compounds from the Buds of Platanus orientalis and Isolation of a New Kaempferol Glycoside

    D. Mitrokotsa;S. Mitaku;C. Demetzos;C. Harvala

  • Chemical analysis and antimicrobial studies on three species of Ferulago from Greece.

    Costas Demetzos;Dimitrios Perdetzoglou;Maria Gazouli;Kit Tan

  • Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures as Drug Delivery Systems and Vaccine Platforms

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  • Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus.

    C. Demetzos;H. Katerinopoulos;A. Kouvarakis;N. Stratigakis

  • Cytotoxic and antitumor activity of liposome-incorporated sclareol against cancer cell lines and human colon cancer xenografts

    Sophia Hatziantoniou;Konstantinos Dimas;Aristidis Georgopoulos;Nektaria Sotiriadou

  • Biophotonic techniques for manipulation and characterization of drug delivery nanosystems in cancer therapy

    E. Spyratou;M. Makropoulou;E.A. Mourelatou;C. Demetzos

  • Cytotoxic activity of kaempferol glycosides against human leukaemic cell lines in vitro.

    Kostas Dimas;Costas Demetzos;Sofia Mitaku;Marios Marselos

  • PEO-b-PCL–DPPC chimeric nanocarriers: self-assembly aspects in aqueous and biological media and drug incorporation

    Natassa Pippa;Eleni Kaditi;Stergios Pispas;Costas Demetzos

  • Dendrimers as biopharmaceuticals: synthesis and properties.

    Carolina Villalonga-Barber;Maria Micha-Screttas;Barry R. Steele;Aristidis Georgopoulos

  • Cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activity of labdane and cis-clerodane type diterpenes.

    Costas Demetzos;Kostas Dimas;Sophia Hatziantoniou;Thalia Anastasaki

  • Labdane type diterpenes down-regulate the expression of c-Myc protein, but not of Bcl-2, in human leukemia T-cells undergoing apoptosis.

    K Dimas;C Demetzos;V Vaos;P Ioannidis

  • Encapsulation of naturally occurring flavonoids into liposomes: physicochemical properties and biological activity against human cancer cell lines.

    M Goniotaki;S Hatziantoniou;K Dimas;M Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Stergios Pispas
Stergios Pispas National Hellenic Research Foundation
Maria Bryszewska
Maria Bryszewska University of Łódź
Maria Gazouli
Maria Gazouli National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Jean-Pierre Majoral
Jean-Pierre Majoral Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis
Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Ioanna Chinou
Ioanna Chinou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Vasileios Fotopoulos
Vasileios Fotopoulos Cyprus University of Technology
Aurel Radulescu
Aurel Radulescu Forschungszentrum Jülich
Nikos Tagmatarchis
Nikos Tagmatarchis Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute
Nissim Garti
Nissim Garti Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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