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ArticleAAPS PharmSciTech2023

Curcumin/Fusidic Acid Bitherapy Loaded Mixed Micellar Nanogel for Acne Vulgaris Treatment: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies.

Raghda Abdel-Monem, Eman S El-Leithy, Ahmed Adel Alaa-Eldin, Rania S Abdel-Rashid

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Article in AAPS PharmSciTech, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Raghda Abdel-MonemDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo, 11795, Egypt. raghda_ali@pharm.helwan.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2139-952X
Eman S El-LeithyDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo, 11795, Egypt.
Ahmed Adel Alaa-EldinFaculty of Pharmacy, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Rania S Abdel-RashidDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo, 11795, Egypt.
Helwan University · EGFayoum University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of herbal drugs with a topical antibacterial for managing a chronic disease like acne vulgaris has emerged lately to settle side effects and bacterial multidrug resistance. Mixed micelles (MMs) incorporated into nanogel were explored for hybrid delivery of curcumin (Cur) and fusidic acid (FA) combination presenting a multi-strategic treatment. Curcumin-fusidic acid-loaded mixed micelles (Cur-FA-MMs) were assessed for size, surface charge, compatibility, in vitro release, and encapsulation. The selected formula was further loaded into nanogel and investigated for viscosity, ex vivo permeation, and in vivo potential. Cur-FA-MMs exhibited uniform nanosized spherical morphology, and negative surface charge affording high encapsulation for both drugs with a biphasic in vitro release over a period of 48h and good colloidal stability. The attained Cur-FA-MM-loaded nanogel had optimum viscosity with remarkable permeation coefficient values nearly 2-fold that related to plain nanogel. The pharmacodynamic effect of Cur on FA was pronounced by the significant improvement of the skin's degree of inflammation, epidermal hypertrophy, and congestion in animals treated with Cur-FA-MM-loaded nanogel. In conclusion, micellar nanogel could enable the progressive effect of Cur (an antioxidant with reported antibiotic activity) on FA (antibiotic) and decrease the risk of emerging antibiotic resistance by enhancing the solubility and permeation of Cur.

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Acne VulgarisCurcuminAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsFusidic AcidMicellesNanogelsPolyethylene GlycolsPolyethyleneimineAnti-Bacterial AgentsCurcuminFusidic AcidMicellesNanogelspolyethylene glycol polyethyleneimine nanogelPolyethylene GlycolsPolyethyleneimineacne vulgariscombination therapycurcuminfusidic acidmixed micellesnanogel

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PMID37697137
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