Essential oils are being studied for more than 60 years, but a growing interest has emerged
in the recent decades due to a desire for a rediscovery of natural remedies. Essential oils …

Introduction From a biopharmaceutical standpoint, the skin is recognized as an interesting
route for drug delivery. In general, small molecules are able to penetrate the stratum …

Featured Application The loading of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals into
nanomaterials is discussed as new formulations for potential treatment of age-related skin …

This review discusses the impact of curcumin—an aromatic phytoextract from the turmeric
(Curcuma longa) rhizome—as an effective therapeutic agent. Despite all of the beneficial …

The encapsulation in the food industry has gained relevant importance, mainly due to its
contribution to solve food problems by reducing the loss of nutrients, prolong the shelf-life …

Glycerol monostearate solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) were produced by hot high-pressure
homogenization technique to load alpha-pinene, citral, geraniol or limonene. SLN were …

Medicinal plants, many of which are wild, have recently been under the spotlight worldwide
due to growing requests for natural and sustainable eco-compatible remedies for …

Plants constitute a rich source of diverse classes of valuable phytochemicals (eg, phenolic
acids, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids) with proven biological activity (eg, antioxidant, anti …

The last decade has witnessed a burgeoning global movement towards essential and
vegetable oils in the food, agriculture, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and textile industries …

In this work, we developed a solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN) formulation with (+)-limonene 1, 2-
epoxide and glycerol monostearate (Lim-SLNs), stabilized with Poloxamer® 188 in aqueous …