The present invention relates to an anticancer drug-chitosan complex
forming self-aggregates and the preparation method thereof. More
precisely, the present invention relates to the anticancer drug-chitosan
complex forming self-aggregates in aqueous media composed of a
hydrophobic anticancer agent and a hydrophilic chitosan, and the
preparation method thereof. The anticancer drug-chitosan complex of the
present invention not only works selectively against target tumor tissue
but also continues to release the medicine over a long period of time.
Besides, the anticancer drug-chitosan complex could have greater amount
of drug by adding the anticancer drug into self-aggregates, which is
generally limited by chemical bond. Therefore, the anticancer
drug-chitosan complex of the present invention can be effectively used
for the cancer chemotherapy.