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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Continuous Microfluidic Production of Citrem-Phosphatidylcholine Nano-Self-Assemblies for Thymoquinone Delivery.

Esra Ilhan-Ayisigi, Aghiad Ghazal, Barbara Sartori, Maria Dimaki, Winnie Edith Svendsen, Ozlem Yesil-Celiktas, Anan Yaghmur

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Esra Ilhan-AyisigiDepartment of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
Aghiad GhazalDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Barbara SartoriInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/4, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Maria DimakiDTU Bioengineering-Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads Bldg. 221, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5037-2388
Winnie Edith SvendsenDTU Bioengineering-Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads Bldg. 221, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-9197-6505
Ozlem Yesil-CeliktasDepartment of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-4509-2212
Anan YaghmurDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1608-773X

Funding

Natur og Univers, Det Frie Forskningsråd DanscattTeknologi og Produktion, Det Frie Forskningsråd reference DFF-7017-00065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lamellar and non-lamellar liquid crystalline nanodispersions, including liposomes, cubosomes, and hexosomes are attractive platforms for drug delivery, bio-imaging, and related pharmaceutical applications. As compared to liposomes, there is a modest number of reports on the continuous production of cubosomes and hexosomes. Using a binary lipid mixture of citrem and soy phosphatidylcholine (SPC), we describe the continuous production of nanocarriers for delivering thymoquinone (TQ, a substance with various therapeutic potentials) by employing a commercial microfluidic hydrodynamic flow-focusing chip. In this study, nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) and synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) were employed to characterize TQ-free and TQ-loaded citrem/SPC nanodispersions. Microfluidic synthesis led to formation of TQ-free and TQ-loaded nanoparticles with mean sizes around 115 and 124 nm, and NTA findings indicated comparable nanoparticle size distributions in these nanodispersions. Despite the attractiveness of the microfluidic chip for continuous production of citrem/SPC nano-self-assemblies, it was not efficient as comparable mean nanoparticle sizes were obtained on employing a batch (discontinuous) method based on low-energy emulsification method. SAXS results indicated the formation of a biphasic feature of swollen lamellar (L

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inverse bicontinuous cubic Pn3m phasemicrofluidicsnanoparticle tracking analysissynchrotron small-angle scatteringthymoquinone

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PMID34200457
PMCPMC8229635

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