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ArticleDrug delivery and translational research2022

Development of a novel nanoemulgel formulation containing cumin essential oil as skin permeation enhancer.

Katayoun Morteza-Semnani, Majid Saeedi, Jafar Akbari, Mohammad Eghbali, Amirhossein Babaei, Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Hashemi, Ali Nokhodchi

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Article in Drug delivery and translational research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katayoun Morteza-SemnaniDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Majid SaeediPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Hemoglobinopathy Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. msaeedi@mazums.ac.ir.
Jafar AkbariDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Mohammad EghbaliDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Amirhossein BabaeiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Seyyed Mohammad Hassan HashemiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Ali NokhodchiPharmaceutics Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK. a.nokhodchi@sussex.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3244-2482
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Essential oils have been proposed as promising non-toxic transdermal permeation enhancers. Their use is limited because of their low water solubility. The use of nanotechnology-based strategies is one of the ways to overcome this limitation. This study aimed to explore the transdermal permeation enhancing capability of cumin essential oil in nanoemulgel systems containing diclofenac sodium. Cumin essential oil nanoemulsion was produced by high-pressure homogenization technique. The formulation was optimized by changing HLB values in a range of 9.65-16.7 using different surfactant mixtures, namely, Tween 20, Tween 80, and Span 80. Preparations were characterized by polydispersity index, droplet size, and zeta potential. Nanoemulsion with concentrations of 2 and 4% essential oil was incorporated into 0.75% Carbopol gel matrix to make nanoemulgel formulation, and its permeation enhancing effect was performed through Franz diffusion cells. Antinociceptive activities of the formulations were measured in thermal (tail-flick) and chemical (formalin) models of nociception in mice. Characterization exhibited that at HLB value of 9.65, the smallest particle size (82.20 ± 5.82 nm) was formed. By increasing the essential oil percentage in the nanoemulgel from 1 to 2%, the permeation of diclofenac increased from 28.39 ± 1.23 to 34.75 ± 1.07 µg/cm

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CuminumOils, VolatileAdministration, CutaneousAnalgesicsAnimalsDiclofenacEmulsionsFormaldehydeMicePolysorbatesSkinAnalgesicsDiclofenacEmulsionsFormaldehydeOils, VolatilePolysorbatesCuminCuminum cyminumDiclofenacEssential oilNanoemulsionPermeation enhancers

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PMID34275091
PMCPMC9061677
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