Abstract

PHYTOSOMES: A GOOD STRATERGY FOR FORMULATION OF HERBAL MEDICINES

Isha P. Wakde*, Dr. Dinesh M. Biyani and Dr. Milind J. Umekar

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Abstract

Drug delivery techniques are being explored to improve the efficacy of medicinal plant. Phytosomes are a type of nanotechnology that involves the incorporation of standardised plant extracts or watersoluble phytoconstituents with phospholipids to create lipid-compatible molecular complexes. This technique aids in the bioavailability of a variety of medicinal plants and is one of the newest methods for preparing therapeutic plant extracts or phytoconstituent. The various methods involved in preparation of phytosomes are solvent evaporation, salting out, Anti-solvent precipitation method, mechanical dispersion, super critical fluids (SCF) techniques.

Keywords: Phytosomes, phospholipids, medicinal plant extract/component, phytophospholid complexes, phytosome properties, method of preparation of phytosomes.