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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 461, Issue 1-2, Pages 427-436Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.12.009
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Ibuprofen; AFM; Liposomes; Enhancers; Transdermal drug delivery
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Torres Quevedo [PTQ-11-04462]
- CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico)
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Transdermal delivery of active principles is a versatile method widely used in medicine. The main drawback for the transdermal route, however, is the low efficiency achieved in the absorption of many drugs, mostly due to the complexity of the skin barrier. To improve drug delivery through the skin, we prepared and characterized liposomes loaded with ibuprofen and designed pharmaceutical formulations based on the extemporaneous addition of penetration enhancer (PE) surfactants. Afterwards, permeation and release studies were carried out. According to the permeation studies, the ibuprofen liposomal formulation supplemented with PEs exhibited similar therapeutic effects, but at lower doses (20%) comparing with a commercial formulation used as a reference. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to investigate the effect caused by PEs on the adsorption mechanism of liposomal formulations onto the skin. Non-fused liposomes, bilayers and multilayered lipid structures were observed. The transformation of vesicles into planar structures is proposed as a possible rationale for explaining the lower doses required when a liposome formulation is supplemented with surfactant PEs. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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