ReviewAAPS PharmSciTech2021
Borneol: a Promising Monoterpenoid in Enhancing Drug Delivery Across Various Physiological Barriers.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- Topical Traditional Chinese Medicines for Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Integrative cancer therapiesPooled it
- Comparative cardioprotective effects of Kuanxiong Aerosol and its individual components in a rat model of acute myocardial infarction.Pharmaceutical biology · 2026Article
- Effects of borneol on pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of tetramethylpyrazine in transdermal patch.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026Article
- Terpesomes as Advanced Nanocarriers for Enhanced Drug Delivery: Formulation Strategies, Mechanistic Insights, and Therapeutic Applications.AAPS PharmSciTech · 2026Review
- Promoting Effect of (+)-Borneol on Alzheimer's Disease Treatment in APP Transgenic Zebrafish and Its Blood-Brain Barrier Permeation Mechanism.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Dietary Terpenoids in Advancing Biofilm-Mediated Cancer Prevention: Antibiofilm Cascade, Molecular Crosstalk, and Nano-Facilitated Functional Delivery.Cell biochemistry and function · 2026Review
- Structure-Based Prediction of Molecular Interactions for Stabilizing Volatile Drugs.Pharmaceutics · 2026Article
- Fufanglongxujie Capsules Protect against Aspirin-induced Gastric Mucosal Lesions in Rats with Myocardial Ischemia-reperfusion Injury.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2026Article
- Cervical human papillomavirus: the therapeutic target of botanical drugs.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Development and Characterization ofPharmaceutics · 2025Article
- Holistic concept guided quality control of traditional Chinese medicines for optimizing bioavailability.Chinese medicine · 2025Review
- [Neuroprotective effects of idebenone combined with borneol via the dopamine signaling pathway in a transgenic zebrafish model of Parkinson's disease].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2025Article
- Edaravone-Dexborneol slows down pathological progression and cognitive decline via inhibiting S100A9 in APPswe/PS1dE9 mice.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
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- (+)-Borneol Enhances the Antiseizure Effects of Retigabine by both Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Interaction.Neurochemical research · 2025Article
- Much More than Nutrients: The Protective Effects of Nutraceuticals on the Blood-Brain Barrier in Diseases.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Complete Assignments ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advancements in nasal drug delivery system of natural products.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Functionalized lipid nanoparticles modulate the blood-brain barrier and eliminate α-synuclein to repair dopamine neurons.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2024Article
- Naoqing formula alleviates acute ischaemic stroke-induced ferroptosis via activatingFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Incorporation of permeation enhancers is one of the most widely employed approaches for delivering drugs across biological membranes. Permeation enhancers aid in delivering drugs across various physiological barriers such as brain capillary endothelium, stratum corneum, corneal epithelium, and mucosal membranes that pose resistance to the entry of a majority of drugs. Borneol is a natural, plant-derived, lipophilic, volatile, bicyclic monoterpenoid belonging to the class of camphene. It has been used under the names "Bing Pian" or "Long Nao" in Traditional Chinese Medicine for more than 1000 years. Borneol has been incorporated predominantly as an adjuvant in the traditional Chinese formulations of centrally acting drugs to improve drug delivery to the brain. This background knowledge and anecdotal evidence have led to extensive research in establishing borneol as a permeation enhancer across the blood-brain barrier. Alteration in cell membrane lipid structures and modulation of multiple ATP binding cassette transporters as well as tight junction proteins are the major contributing factors to blood-brain barrier opening functions of borneol. Owing to these mechanisms of altering membrane properties, borneol has also shown promising potential to improve drug delivery across other physiological barriers as well. The current review focuses on the role of borneol as a permeation enhancer across the blood-brain barrier, mucosal barriers including nasal and gastrointestinal linings, transdermal, transcorneal, and blood optic nerve barrier.
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