TRANSFERSOMES: A NOVEL VESICULAR CARRIER FOR EFFECTIVE TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY (A REVIEW)
*Neha Chopra, Peeyush Kaushik, Hitesh Malhotra, Shaveta Sharma, Deepali Tomar, Ashish Mishra
Abstract
Due to the ability of lipid vesicles to bypass barrier characteristics of
the skin, they have beenused as topical drugs in recent years. The new
transdermal supply network is more favourable than conventional
supply systems. Elastic vesicles are transfers that deliver great
distortion. They are widely used in bioactive formulations in
transdermal supplies. Several methods can be applied, including
iontophoreses, electrophoresis, sonophoresis etc., to increase
transdermal penetration. Some other types of those systems must
include vesicular system and microneedles (liposomes, noisomes etc.)
The thin constriction of the transfer ranges (5-10 times lesser diameter,
than their own) distorts and passes with no noticeable loss. The transferable defect function
increases the permeation of the medication. These can be a carrier for low or high weight
medications like antifungals, anaesthetics, corticosteroids, etc. These can also act as
anaesthetics. The inside of the cell lipid of the stratum cornea will easily penetrated the skin.
They move on to a deeply hydrated stratum according to an osmotic gradient, following
application of Transfersomes on skin. The presence of surfactants in the structure assistances
to resolve the lipid in the cornea stratum and allows for high vesicular penetration. This study
aims to form and evaluate penetration of the medicine and enhances its anti-fungal activity by
using Serteconazole nitrate transfersomes. The results of the study are based on the
percentage of surfactants. Dermatophytosis is used for the efficacy test as a model dummy
disease.
Keywords: Ultra deformable vesicles; transfersomes; permeability; antifungal activity.
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