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Understanding Microemulsions and Nanoemulsions in (Trans)Dermal Delivery

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AAPS PharmSciTech - Jan 2025

Jasmine Musakhanian, David W. Osborne

Microemulsions and nanoemulsions are explored in pharmaceuticals for their potential in delivering clinically relevant drug doses across biological membranes. Despite extensive literature, there's a lack of clear distinctions between the two in terms of definitions and mechanisms: this review aims to uncover less obvious yet important mechanisms in transdermal drug delivery.

Investigation of the permeation enhancer strategy on benzoylaconitine transdermal patch: the relationship between transdermal enhancement strength and physicochemical properties of permeation enhancer

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Eur J Pharm Sci. 2019 Oct 1;138:105009. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2019.105009. Epub 2019 Jul 12. - Jul 2019

Liu C, Farah N, Weng W, Jiao B, Shen M, Fang L

In this study several permeation enhancers are evaluated for their ability to permeate high molecular weight benzoylaconitine. The results showed that Plurol® Oleique CC 497 enabled the highest permeation. FT-IR studies demonstrated that the enhancer had strong interactions with the Stratum corneum, both in the hydrophilic and lipophilic regions. The optimized patch formulation showed excellent analgesic and antiinflammatory effect.