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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Novel Transethosomal Gel Containing Miconazole Nitrate; Development, Characterization, and Enhanced Antifungal Activity.

Zara Asghar, Talha Jamshaid, Muhammad Sajid-Ur-Rehman, Usama Jamshaid, Heba A Gad

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Zara AsgharDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-4570-8251
Talha JamshaidDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.
Muhammad Sajid-Ur-RehmanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-0524-3613
Usama JamshaidDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Strasbourg University, 67084 Strasbourg, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4758-3800
Heba A GadDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6465-3102
Islamia University of Bahawalpur · PKAin Shams University · EGUniversité de Strasbourg · FR

Funding

The Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (RG-38-166-43)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Miconazole nitrate (MCNR) is a BCS class II antifungal drug with poor water solubility. Although numerous attempts have been made to increase its solubility, formulation researchers struggle with this significant issue. Transethosomes are promising novel nanocarriers for improving the solubility and penetration of drugs that are inadequately soluble and permeable. Thus, the objective of this study was to develop MCNR-loaded transethosomal gel in order to enhance skin permeation and antifungal activity. MCNR-loaded transethosomes (MCNR-TEs) were generated using the thin film hydration method and evaluated for their zeta potential, particle size, polydispersity index, and entrapment efficiency (EE%). SEM, FTIR, and DSC analyses were also done to characterize the optimized formulation of MCNR-TEs (MT-8). The optimized formulation of MCNR-TEs was incorporated into a carbopol 934 gel base to form transethosomal gel (MNTG) that was subjected to ex vivo permeation and drug release studies. In vitro antifungal activity was carried out against

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carbopol 934ex vivo permeationgelhealth carein vitro antifungal activitymiconazole nitrateskin irritation testtransethosomes

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PMID38004517
PMCPMC10675164
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