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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Lipid Nanoparticles Carrying Essential Oils for Multiple Applications as Antimicrobials.

Elenice Francisco da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Longato Dos Santos, Henrique Machado Pires, Luciana Machado Bastos, Lígia Nunes de Morais Ribeiro

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Elenice Francisco da SilvaInstitute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia 38405-302, Brazil.
Fernanda Aparecida Longato Dos SantosSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia 38402-018, Brazil.
Henrique Machado PiresVaccine Development Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil.
Luciana Machado BastosInstitute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia 38405-302, Brazil.
Lígia Nunes de Morais RibeiroInstitute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia 38405-302, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6097-5449

Funding

National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 408640/2022-7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are versatile delivery systems with high interest because they allow the release of hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules, such as essential oils (EOs) and plant extracts. This review covers published works between 2019 and 2024 that have reported the use of essential EO-based LNPs with antimicrobial properties and applications in human and animal health, as well as biopesticides. In the human healthcare field, reports have addressed the effect of encapsulating EOs in lipid nanosystems with antiviral, antibacterial, antiprotozoal and antifungal activities. In animal care, this still needs to be more deeply explored while looking for more sustainable alternatives against different types of parasites that affect animal health. Overall, the antibacterial activities of LNPs carrying EOs are described as alternatives to the use of synthetic antibiotics. In the field of agriculture, studies showed that these approaches in the control of phytopathogens and other pests that affect food production. There is a growing demand for innovative and more sustainable technologies. However, there are still some challenges to be overcome in order to allow these innovations to reach the market.

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antimicrobial activityessential oillipid nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID40006545
PMCPMC11859743

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