Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40610394›Full record

ArticleTherapeutic delivery2025

Luliconazole bilosomal gel for treating fungal infection: development, optimization and antifungal activity.

Kartik Aralelimath, Jagannath Sahoo, Sarika Wairkar

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Therapeutic delivery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kartik AralelimathShobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKMs NMIMS, Mumbai, India.
Jagannath SahooShobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKMs NMIMS, Mumbai, India.
Sarika WairkarShobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKMs NMIMS, Mumbai, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0124-1741

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsLuliconazole is a class of imidazole that exhibits high antifungal activity. Luliconazole has drawbacks, such as low aqueous solubility and poor skin penetration.

methodsTo overcome these limitations, luliconazole-loaded bilosomes (LZBSs) were developed via ethanol injection, using soy lecithin, cholesterol, Span 60, and bile salt. A 2

resultsThe optimized batch of LZBS resulted in a vesicle size of 177.3 ± 0.00 nm with an entrapment efficacy of 90.0 ± 2.5 % and zeta potential of -54.8 ± 3.15 mV. TEM analysis confirmed the spherical shape of bilosome vesicles and ATR-FTIR results supported the formation of bilosomes without any interaction. LZBS was loaded into Carbopol gel (LZBS gel) and evaluated for in vitro and ex vivo drug release study; results showed extended release of 90.53 ± 7.89 % and 84.97 ± 5.58 %, respectively, up to 24 h. Antifungal study for LZBS gel demonstrated superior activity against Candida albicans as compared to marketed and pure drug.

conclusionThus, luliconazole-loaded bilosome gel proved to be effective against fungal infections.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCandida albicansImidazolesAnimalsBile Acids and SaltsChemistry, PharmaceuticalDrug CarriersDrug CompoundingDrug LiberationGelsLiposomesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsParticle SizeSolubilityAntifungal AgentsBile Acids and SaltsDrug CarriersGelsImidazolesLiposomesluliconazoleantifungal activityBilosomesfactorial designin vitro characterizationtopical gel

Identifiers

PMID40610394
PMCPMC12320864

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.