期刊
PHARMACEUTICS
卷 12, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070678
关键词
Thymus vulgaris; Syzygium aromaticum; essential oils; nanoemulsions; chitosan coating; antibacterial activity; nose to brain delivery
资金
- Ateneo [RM11916B8876093E, RM118164361B425B, RM11816426F23F48]
Brain infections as meningitis and encephalitis are attracting a great interest. Challenges in the treatment of these diseases are mainly represented by the blood brain barrier (BBB) that impairs the efficient delivery of even very potent drugs to reach the brain. The nose to the brain administration route, is a non-invasive alternative for a quick onset of action, and enables the transport of numerous medicinal agents straight to the brain thus workarounding the BBB through the highly vascularized olfactory region. In this report,Thymus vulgarisandSyzygium aromaticumessential oils (EOs) were selected to be included in chitosan coated nanoemulsions (NEs). The EOs were firstly analyzed to determine their chemical composition, then used to prepare NEs, that were deeply characterized in order to evaluate their use in intranasal administration. An in vitro evaluation against a collection of clinical isolated bacterial strains was carried out for both free and nanoemulsioned EOs. Chitosan coated NEs showed to be a potential and effective intranasal formulation against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as methicillin-susceptibleStaphylococcus aureusand multi-drug resistant Gram-negative microorganisms including carbapenem-resistantAcinetobacter baumanniiandKlebsiella pneumoniae.
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