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Table 2 pH-responsive functionalities

From: Design, challenge, and promise of stimuli-responsive nanoantibiotics

Name

Structure

pH Range

References

Ketal

4–5

[48, 52, 92]

Acetal

[48, 52]

Hydrazone

<5

[48]

Hydrazide

[48]

Oxime

[48]

Methyl maleate

5.5, 6.8

[48]

Succinyl

5–7

[46, 51]

Carboxymethyl

[46, 52]

Imine

[48]

Amino ester

[93]

Acetyl

6–7

[46, 94]

Histidine

[48]

Phthalyl

[46]