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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Gossypin-Loaded Ethosome Gel for Cutaneous Administration: A Preliminary Study on Melanoma Cells.

Agnese Bondi, Walter Pula, Mascia Benedusi, Giulia Trinchera, Anna Baldisserotto, Stefano Manfredini, Maria Grazia Ortore, Alessia Pepe, Paolo Mariani, Marc C A Stuart and 2 more

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Agnese BondiDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-2966-7691
Walter PulaDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5542-7819
Mascia BenedusiDepartment of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Giulia TrincheraDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Prevention, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Anna BaldisserottoDepartment of Life Science and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2882-3530
Stefano ManfrediniDepartment of Life Science and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1348-4422
Maria Grazia OrtoreDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, I-60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2719-6184
Alessia PepeDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, I-60131 Ancona, Italy.
Paolo MarianiDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, I-60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4293-1009
Marc C A StuartFacility Manager Electron Microscopy, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0667-6338
Giuseppe ValacchiDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Prevention, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8792-0947
Elisabetta EspositoDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8416-3629

Funding

Italian Ministry of University and Research, European Union, Next Generation EU. PRIN 2022MC2SKF. PRIN 2022MC2SKF.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A preformulative study was conducted to produce and characterize ethosomes for the transdermal delivery of gossypin. This plant-derived compound possesses many pharmacological properties, including antitumoral potential. Ethosome dispersions were designed as transdermal delivery systems for gossypin, employing two different production procedures. The evaluation of vesicle size distribution by photon correlation spectroscopy, morphology by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, and gossypin entrapment capacity, as well as in vitro release and permeation by vertical diffusion cells, enabled us to select a production strategy based on the injection of a phosphatidylcholine ethanolic solution in water. Indeed, vesicles prepared by this method were almost unilamellar and measured roughly 150 nm mean diameter while displaying an entrapment capacity higher than 94%. Moreover, vesicles prepared by the ethanol injection method enabled us to control gossypin release and to improve its permeation with respect to the solution of the drug. To obtain semi-solid forms suitable for cutaneous gossypin administration, ethosome dispersions were thickened with 0.5%

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A735 melanoma cell linesethosomegossypinskinxanthan gum

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PMCPMC11852004

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