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ArticleCurrent drug delivery2026

Local Delivery of Ginger Extract

Wenju Wei, Tianlu Zhang, Bo Yuan, Saeed Rohani

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Article in Current drug delivery, 2026. 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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Wenju WeiDepartment of Dermatology, 3201 Hospital, Hanzhong, China.
Tianlu ZhangDepartment of Dermatology, Featured Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Tianjin, 300162, China.
Bo YuanDepartment of Dermatology Affiliated Wuxi Fifth Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214011, China.
Saeed RohaniDepartment of Tissue Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 144569875, Iran.

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Abstract

introductionMetastatic melanoma poses a significant threat globally, with a distressingly low ten-year survival rate of only 10%. While FDA-approved treatments such as dacarbazine and high-dose IL-2 have been employed in clinical settings, their limitations underscore the urgent need for more effective therapies.

aimThis study aimed to develop a potential anticancer local treatment through the extraction of various amounts of ginger extract loaded into Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers.

methodsThe anticancer activity of the produced membranes was studied on human skin melanoma B16F10 cells. Other in vitro experiments such as cell migration assay, cell proliferation assay, cell viability assay, scanning electron microscopy assay, real-time PCR assay, and ant-inflammatory assay were performed for the

resultsThe study showed that scaffolds loaded with 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 0% of ginger extract had around 784.98 ± 202.31 nm, 771.86 ± 219.07 nm, 820.65 ± 242.43 nm, 785.19 ± 203.99 nm, and 671.29 ± 184.09 nm of mean fiber size, respectively. The ginger extract-loaded membranes suppressed the growth and migration activity of human skin melanoma B16F10 cells in a dose and time-dependent manner. Real-time PCR assay showed that the developed membranes modulated the expression levels of Ras/ERK and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways. Animal study results showed that our developed patches were not toxic against liver or skin tissues.

conclusionGinger extract-loaded PVA nanofibers exhibited promising anticancer potential against melanoma cells, suggesting a viable localized treatment option.

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Melanoma, ExperimentalNanofibersPlant ExtractsSkin NeoplasmsZingiber officinaleAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalHumansMaleMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPolyvinyl AlcoholProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktginger extractPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPlant ExtractsPolyvinyl AlcoholProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktras Proteinsanti-cancerdrug deliveryGingerlocal treatmentmelanoma.nanofibers

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