Palmitic acid-carbon dot hybrid vesicles for absorption of uric acid

Human health is always sensitive to the effect of toxin developed due to various reason like metabolic activities, excessive material uptake etc. in the body. Hence, there is a need to develop ways to remove such toxin. In this work, we successfully fabricated a Carbon dot-palmitic acid hybrid vesicles and demonstrated that it can absorb uric acid (UA) which is taken in this work as a model toxin. Interestingly, the nanohybrid was found to be efficient UA absorber (80%) compare to pure palmitic acid vesicles (60%) confirming the role of carbon dot in absorption and hence removal of uric acid. The electrostatic interaction operated between carbon dot and uric acid inside the palmitic acid vesicles is the prime factor for the UA absorption. Development of such nanohybrid vesicles system will lead to system which can be used as toxin removal from our body.