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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Development of Soft Luliconazole Invasomes Gel for Effective Transdermal Delivery: Optimization to In-Vivo Antifungal Activity.

Sunitha Kumari, Omar Awad Alsaidan, Dibyalochan Mohanty, Ameeduzzafar Zafar, Swagatika Das, Jeetendra Kumar Gupta, Mohammad Khalid

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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 2 countries.

Sunitha KumariDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Anurag University, Hyderabad 500088, Telangana, India.
Omar Awad AlsaidanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2848-2932
Dibyalochan MohantyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Anurag University, Hyderabad 500088, Telangana, India.
Ameeduzzafar ZafarDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0181-0278
Swagatika DasSchool of Pharmacy, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Gopalpur 756044, Odisha, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2721-5664
Jeetendra Kumar GuptaInstitute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura 281406, Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5819-371X
Mohammad KhalidDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group · INJouf University · SACenturion University of Technology and Management · INGLA University · INPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia 223202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Luliconazole (LZ) is a good candidate for the treatment of fungal infection topically but has limitations, i.e., poor solubility and poor permeability to skin. Due to these limitations, multiple administrations for a long time are required to treat the inflection. The aim of the present study was to develop the invasomes (IVS) gel of LZ to improve the topical antifungal activity. The IVS was prepared by the thin-film hydration method and optimized by Box-Bhekhen design software. The optimized LZIVS (LZIVSopt) has 139.1 ± 4.32 nm of vesicle size, 88.21 ± 0.82% of entrapment efficiency, 0.301 ± 0.012 of PDI, and 19.5 mV (negative) of zeta potential. Scanning microscopy showed a spherical shape of the vesicle. FTIR spectra showed there is no interaction between the drug and lipid. Thermogram showed that the LZ is encapsulated into the LZIVS matrix. LZIVSopt gel (LZIVSopt-G3) exhibited optimum viscosity (6493 ± 27 cps) and significant spreadability (7.2 g·cm/s). LZIVSopt-G3 showed 2.47-fold higher permeation than pure LZ-gel. LZIVSopt-G3 did not show any edema or swelling in the skin, revealing that the developed formulation is non-irritant. LZIVSopt-G3 exhibited significant inhibition of the fungus infection (

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antifungal activityex vivo skin permeationinvasomes gelluliconazoletransdermal delivery

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PMID37623081
PMCPMC10453308
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