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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Nanotechnology for the Efficacious Delivery of Medicinal Cannabis and Pharmaceutical Medicines.

Luis Vitetta, Jeremy David Henson, Evan Hayes, David Rutolo, Sean Hall

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Luis VitettaDepartment of Pharmacology, Sydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Camperdown Campus, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7490-9298
Jeremy David HensonCompany|Virile Group Level 24, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
Evan HayesCompany|Virile Group Level 24, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
David RutoloCompany|Medlab Group, 54 Royal Albert Cres, Paradise Point, QLD 4216, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9934-7826
Sean HallCompany|Medlab Group, 54 Royal Albert Cres, Paradise Point, QLD 4216, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The application of nanoparticles as nanomedicines, particularly for the targeted and efficacious delivery of drugs is an expanding platform in the field of cannabinoid and pharmaceutical drug delivery. By refocusing the route of drug administration beyond the oral gut pathway, this technology provides significant advancements that are especially relevant for cancer treatments. Orally administered drugs face significant challenges as they traverse the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and are subject to first-pass GIT metabolism. Physiological conditions encountered in the GIT such as food effects, hormones, gastric pH, emptying time, and intestinal transit time vary widely across individuals. Fluid composition and enzymatic activity in the small intestine and large bowel also influence drug dissolution and absorption. These factors in conjunction with the intestinal cohort of bacteria can metabolize drugs before absorption, contributing to poor and variable drug bioavailability, which can be exacerbated by gut dysbiosis. Drug delivery that bypasses the oral-GIT route and hence first-pass metabolism offers a plausible solution for enhanced safety and drug efficacy.

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cannabinoidsdendrimersgastrointestinal tractliposomesmicellesmicrobiomemicrobiotaNanoCelleTMnanotechnologynauseapainpharmaceutical drug delivery

Identifiers

PMID41011252
PMCPMC12472836

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