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PROCESSES
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr9010144
Keywords
biocompatible sucrose ester; essential oil; microemulsion; pseudo-ternary phase diagram; fluconazole
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The study investigated the use of natural non-ionic surfactants and antifungal essential oils to form stable microemulsions effective on fluconazole solubilization. The phase behavior of the systems was influenced by the hydrocarbon chain length of the SE and EO type. Ten formulations were selected and evaluated for physicochemical properties, showing the need for further viscosity enhancement and in vitro/in vivo tests for the development of biocompatible fluconazole preparations.
To initiate our research into the development of biocompatiile gelled-microemulsions based on essential oils (EOs) and sucrose esters (SEs) for the topical delivery of fluconazole, this formulation study investigated the usefulness of two relatively harmless natural non-ionic surfactants from the group of SEs (sucrose laurate and stearate) to form, in the presence of antifungal EOs, stable, isotropic microemulsions effective on fluconazole solubilization. Fluconazole's solubility in EO significantly depended on their chemical composition, showing higher values for cinnamon, oregano and clove essential oils, further selected as oil phase components for microemulsion formulations. The phase behavior of several EO-isopropyl miristate/SE-isopropanol/water systems was assessed through pseudo-ternary phase diagrams constructed by microplate dilution technique. The hydrocarbon chain length of the SE and EO type strongly influenced the size of the microemulsion region in the pseudo-ternary phase diagrams. Ten microemulsion formulations containing 2% fluconazole, 6% or 10% oil mixture of EO-isopropyl myristate in 1:1 ratio, 45% SE-isopropanol mixture and water, were selected and evaluated for physicochemical properties (droplet size, polydispersity, viscosity, refractive index, zeta potential and pH). All formulations were physicochemically acceptable, but viscosity enhancement and further in vitro and in vivo tests are required for the development of biocompatible, clinically safe and effective fluconazole topical preparations.
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