Mucosal applications of poloxamer 407-based hydrogels: An overview

E Giuliano, D Paolino, M Fresta, D Cosco - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Poloxamer 407, also known by the trademark Pluronic® F127, is a water-soluble, non-ionic
triblock copolymer that is made up of a hydrophobic residue of polyoxypropylene (POP) …

Mucoadhesive vaginal drug delivery systems

F Acarturk - Recent patents on drug delivery & formulation, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Vaginal delivery is an important route of drug administration for both local and systemic
diseases. The vaginal route has some advantages due to its large surface area, rich blood …

A focus on mucoadhesive polymers and their application in buccal dosage forms

E Russo, F Selmin, S Baldassari, CGM Gennari… - Journal of drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mucosa of the buccal cavity is considered a convenient and easily accessible site for the
administration of drugs intended for both local and systemic delivery. Aiming to optimize the …

Silver sulfadiazine based cubosome hydrogels for topical treatment of burns: development and in vitro/in vivo characterization

NM Morsi, GA Abdelbary, MA Ahmed - European journal of pharmaceutics …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study is concerned with the development and characterization of a novel
nanaoparticulate system; cubosomes, loaded with silver sulfadiazine (SSD), which is the …

Progress and current trends in the synthesis of novel polymers with enhanced mucoadhesive properties

RP Brannigan, VV Khutoryanskiy - Macromolecular Bioscience, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mucoadhesion is defined as the adherence of a synthetic or natural polymer to a mucosal
membrane via physical or chemical interactions. Mucoadhesive materials are widely used to …

Rheological, mechanical, and bioadhesive behavior of hydrogels to optimize skin delivery systems

FC Carvalho, G Calixto, IN Hatakeyama… - Drug Development …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Hydrogels are widely used for cutaneous formulations; thereby comparing the
bioadhesive properties of polymers with a view to prolong the residence time of topical …

A novel pH-responsive hydrogel based on carboxymethyl cellulose/2-hydroxyethyl acrylate for transdermal delivery of naringenin

SH Park, HS Shin, SN Park - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a pH-responsive hydrogel (cl-CMC-g-pHEA), based on carboxymethyl
cellulose/2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, was prepared. Its physicochemical properties and …

Lecithin-based nanostructured gels for skin delivery: an update on state of art and recent applications

YSR Elnaggar, WM El-Refaie, MA El-Massik… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
Conventional carriers for skin delivery encounter obstacles of drug leakage, scanty
permeation and low entrapment efficiency. Phospholipid nanogels have recently been …

Enhanced bioavailability of lacidipine via microemulsion based transdermal gels: formulation optimization, ex vivo and in vivo characterization

R Gannu, CR Palem, VV Yamsani, SK Yamsani… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The purpose of the present study was to develop and optimize the microemulsion based
transdermal therapeutic system for lacidipine (LCDP), a poorly water soluble and low …

Optimization of a novel in situ gel for sustained ocular drug delivery using Box-Behnken design: In vitro, ex vivo, in vivo and human studies

KM Ranch, FA Maulvi, MJ Naik, AR Koli… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of the present research work was to formulate, optimize and evaluate the in-situ gel
for the ophthalmic drug delivery using the combination of gellan gum and carbopol 934P …