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Review
. 2022 Jan;12(1):45-57.
doi: 10.34172/apb.2022.006. Epub 2021 Feb 6.

Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery through Vesicles and Particles: Preparation and Applications

Unnati Garg  1 , Karuna Jain  1
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Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery through Vesicles and Particles: Preparation and Applications

Unnati Garg et al. Adv Pharm Bull. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

Transdermal delivery over the past decade has become the field of interest for drug delivery due to its various advantages such as no first-pass metabolism, increased drug bioavailability, and easy administration. Different vesicle systems like ethosomes, liposomes, niosomes, and transferosomes along with particle systems like lipid nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes have been developed. These vesicles and particle systems have been developed using various easy and effective methods like cold injection method, rotary film evaporation, thin film hydration, high shear homogenization, solvent extraction method, and many more. These drug delivery systems are a very effective and feasible option for transdermal drug delivery and further developments can be made to increase their use. This article explains in detail the preparation methods and applications for these drug delivery systems.

Keywords: Dermal; Drug delivery; Ethosomes; Nanoparticles; Niosomes; Particle systems; Transdermal; Transferosomes; Vesicle systems.

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