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ReviewBiomedicines2023

Cubosomes in Drug Delivery-A Comprehensive Review on Its Structural Components, Preparation Techniques and Therapeutic Applications.

Durgaramani Sivadasan, Muhammad H Sultan, Saad S Alqahtani, Shamama Javed

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Review in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  20. Lipid cubosome nanoparticles for drug delivery.Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Durgaramani SivadasanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9174-8406
Muhammad H SultanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Saad S AlqahtaniDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6164-9095
Shamama JavedDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2145-9956

Funding

Jazan University ISP22-9
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cubosomes are lipid vesicles that are comparable to vesicular systems like liposomes. Cubosomes are created with certain amphiphilic lipids in the presence of a suitable stabiliser. Since its discovery and designation, self-assembled cubosomes as active drug delivery vehicles have drawn much attention and interest. Oral, ocular, transdermal, and chemotherapeutic are just a few of the drug delivery methods in which they are used. Cubosomes show tremendous potential in drug nanoformulations for cancer therapeutics because of their prospective advantages, which include high drug dispersal due to the structure of the cubic, large surface area, a relatively simple manufacturing process, biodegradability, ability to encapsulate hydrophobic, hydrophilic, and amphiphilic compounds, targeted and controlled release of bioactive agents, and biodegradability of lipids. The most typical technique of preparation is the simple emulsification of a monoglyceride with a polymer, followed by sonication and homogenisation. Top-down and bottom-up are two different sorts of preparation techniques. This review will critically analyse the composition, preparation techniques, drug encapsulation approaches, drug loading, release mechanism and applications relevant to cubosomes. Furthermore, the challenges faced in optimising various parameters to enhance the loading capacities and future potentialities are also addressed.

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characterisationcubosomesdrug delivery systemsnanomedicine

Identifiers

PMID37189732
PMCPMC10135881

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