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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

Development of Phytocosmeceutical Microemulgel Containing Flaxseed Extract and Its In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization.

Rabia Tasneem, Haji Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Fatima Rasool, Kashif-Ur-Rehman Khan, Muhammad Umair, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, Sameh A Korma

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Rabia TasneemDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
Haji Muhammad Shoaib KhanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
Fatima RasoolUniversity College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Kashif-Ur-Rehman KhanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-3581-5600
Muhammad UmairDepartment of Food Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2035-686X
Tuba EsatbeyogluDepartment of Food Development and Food Quality, Institute of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover, Am Kleinen Felde 30, 30167 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2413-6925
Sameh A KormaDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8385-2599
Islamia University of Bahawalpur · PKLeibniz University Hannover · DEShenzhen University · CNUniversity of the Punjab · PKZagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antioxidants from natural sources are extensively attaining consideration to avert the skin from damage and aging caused by free radicals. Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.), a natural therapeutic agent, was meant to be explored cosmeceutical by quantifying its potential phytoconstituents and to be incorporated into a microemulgel for topical use. Hydroalcoholic fractions (both methanolic and ethanolic; 80%) flaxseed extracts were subjected to phytochemical screening by quantifying total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV), and for biological activities through 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, tyrosinase inhibition assay, and sun protection factor (SPF). Ethanolic fraction was selected for further study by TPC (18.75 mg gallic acid equivalent/g) and TFC (1.34 mg quercetin equivalent/g). HPLC-UV analysis showed the existence of benzoic, quercetin, caffeic, vanillic, p-coumaric, gallic, cinnamic, syringic, and sinapic acids. Biological activities showed 87.00%, 72.00%, and 21.75 values for DPPH assay, tyrosinase inhibition, and SPF assays, respectively. An oil-in-water (OW) microemulsion containing the flaxseed extract, with 99.20 nm Zeta size, −19.3 Zeta potential and 0.434 polydispersity index was developed and incorporated in Carbopol-940 gel matrix to formulate an active microemulgel with 59.15% release in in vitro studies. The successfully formulated stable active microemulgel produced statistically significant effects (p < 0.05), in comparison to a placebo, on skin erythema, melanin, sebum, moisture, and elasticity, in a noninvasive in vivo study performed on 13 healthy human female volunteers. Other cosmeceutical products can also be formulated from flaxseed, making it a considerable candidate for further utilization in the pharmaceutical industry.

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antioxidantcosmeticformulation developmentHPLC-UVin vivo studyLinum usitatissimumpharmaceuticphytocosmeticsradical scavenging activitytopical

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PMID36015282
PMCPMC9415642
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