Design and Development of Oral Oil-in-Water Nanoemulsion Formulation Bearing Atorvastatin: In Vitro Assessment

The objective of the present investigation was to design a thermodynamically stable and dilutable nanoemulsion formulation of AT-Ca with minimum surfactant concentration that could improve its solubility as well as its oral bioavailability. The composition of optimized nanoemulsion formulation was Sefsol 218 and oleic acid (1:1) 10%w/w, as an oil phase, Tween-20 (19%w/w) as a surfactant, Carbitol (19%w/w) as a cosurfactant and distilled water (52%w/w) as an aqueous phase, containing 10mg of AT. The optimized formulation showed higher% drug release (99.34%), lower droplet size (42.8 +/- 0.42nm) with low polydispersity index (0.237 +/- 0.012), less viscosity (27.51 +/- 1.01cP) and infinite dilution capability. In vitro drug release from the nanoemulsion formulations was highly significant (p0.01) as compared to drug suspension.