Niosomes, non-ionic surfactant vesicles (NSVs), are the hydrated lipids composed mainly of different classes of non-ionic surfactants, introduced in the seventies as a cosmetic vehicle. Nowadays, niosomes are used as important new drug delivery systems by many research groups and also they are effective immunoadjuvants which some commercial forms are available in the market. These vesicles rece...

Multidrug resistance has resulted in hurtful infections on treatment with common antimicrobials and is associated health threatening problems. Antibiotic abuse care systems contributes to global resistance. β-lactams are the predominantly used antibiotics, most often cefotaxime, therefore facing a problem. Potent cephalosporin derivatives, β-lactamase inhibitors, prodrugs, drug nano-carriers ap...

PURPOSE Lipid suspensions as drug carriers, including conventional liposomes, ethosomes, transferosomes, proniosomes, niosomes, PEG-PPG-PEG niosomes and stratum corneum liposomes (cerosomes), were formulated and compared. METHODS Lipid vesicles were formulated and assessed with regards to enhancement of skin permeation of diclofenac and stability profiles of the formulations. Formulation-indu...

Transdermal drug delivery system appears to be most promising delivery system due to their merits over conventional delivery systems. Recently, various strategies have been used to augment the transdermal delivery of bioactives. Mainly, they include iontophoresis, electrophoresis, sonophoresis, chemical permeation enhancers, microneedles, and vesicular system (liposomes, niosomes, elastic lipos...

BACKGROUND Efficacy of topical methotrexate in psoriasis is limited by its penetration. AIMS The study involved the preparation of niosomal methotrexate in chitosan gel and to test the same for irritation and sensitization on healthy human volunteers followed by assessing the efficacy of the gel through double-blind placebo-controlled study on psoriasis patients and also comparing its efficac...

An eye is the most precious and easily accessible organ of the body. It possesses easy route to local drug delivery and is a way to non-invasive clinical treatment of ocular diseases. Ocular delivery in spite of possessing various advantages has the limitation of poor bioavailability and low permeability across the cornea thus, limiting the efficacy of drugs. Therefore, various carrier systems ...

Skin is an important organ of the body due to offering an accessible and convenient site for drug administration. One of the disadvantages of transdermal drug delivery is the low penetration rate of drugs through the skin. Over the past decades, nanoparticles have been used as drug delivery systems to increase therapeutic effects or reduce toxicity. Encapsulation of drugs in nanoparticulate ves...