Nanoemulsion: An Advanced Vehicle For Efficient Drug Delivery

Asad Ali; Vaseem Ahamad Ansari; Usama Ahmad; Juber Akhtar; Afroz Jahan

doi:10.1055/s-0043-115124

Drug Research, Table of Contents

Drug Res (Stuttg) 2017; 67(11): 617-631
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-115124

Review

Nanoemulsion: An Advanced Vehicle For Efficient Drug Delivery

Asad Ali

¹Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Vaseem Ahamad Ansari

¹Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Usama Ahmad

¹Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Juber Akhtar

¹Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

,

Afroz Jahan

¹Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Advanced drug delivery system has now gained preference over the conventional drug delivery system. One such research is nanoemulsion which is famous among the researchers because of ease of formation, stability, clarity, increased absorption rate leading to increasing in bioavailability and potential to form a formulation with both lipophilic as well as the hydrophilic drug. Long lasting stability (up to years) and ability to encapsulate both lipophilic and hydrophilic drug has given this colloidal system a valuable position in drug delivery. This article contains information on components required for its fabrication, preparation methods and evaluation parameters along with its application in drug delivery and future aspects of this advanced drug delivery system.

Key words

nanoemulsion - bioavailability - HLB - surfactants - drug delivery

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