ArticleInternational journal of pharmaceutics: X2024
Fabrication and application of targeted ciprofloxacin nanocarriers for the treatment of chronic bacterial prostatitis.
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- Improving the Stability of Transfersome Systems by Co-Encapsulating Components of Varying Hydrophobicity.Pharmaceutics · 2026Article
- Advances in Ciprofloxacin Derivatives: Emerging Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance.Topics in current chemistry (Cham) · 2026Review
- Mechanism of Bao Jing Tablets in Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Insights from Multi-Omics and Network Pharmacology.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Nanostructured Lipid Carriers Enhance Ciprofloxacin Antibacterial Activity Through Diffusion-Controlled Release and Modulation of Bacterial Growth Kinetics.Pharmaceutics · 2026Article
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Abstract
Pathogenic bacteria cause chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP). CPB is characterized by urinary tract infection and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in prostatic secretion. Owing to poor blood supply to the prostate gland and limited drug penetration, CBP treatment is difficult. Transferosomes are ultradeformable vesicles for nanocarrier applications, which have become an important area of nanomedicine. Such carriers are specifically targeted to the pathological area to provide maximum therapeutic efficacy. It consists of a lipid bilayer soybean lecithin phosphatidylcholine (PC), an edge activator Tween 80 with various ratios, and a chloroform/methanol core. Depending on the lipophilicity of the active substance, it can be encapsulated within the core or among the lipid bilayer. Due to their exceptional flexibility, which enables them to squeeze themselves through narrow pores that are significantly smaller than their size, they can be a solution. One formulation (Cipro5 PEG) was selected for further in vitro analysis and was composed of phosphatidylcholine (PC), Tween 80, and polyethylene glycol-6 stearate (PEG-6 stearate) in a ratio of 3:3:1 in a chloroform/methanol mixture (1:2
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