Enhanced skin penetration of Finasteride loaded DMSO-liposomes for the treatment of androgenic alopecia : comparison with conventional liposomes

Long-term treatment with finasteride (FIN) for androgenic alopecia is restricted due to its systemic side effects. To address this problem, DMSO-modified liposomes were prepared in the present study to improve the topical delivery of FIN. DMSO-liposomes were prepared by a modification of the ethanol injection method. It was hypothesized that the permeation-enhancing property of DMSO could promote drug delivery to deeper skin layer where hair follicles are present. Liposomes were optimized by quality by design (QbD) approach and biologically evaluated in a rat model of testosterone-induced alopecia. Optimized DMSO-liposomes were spherical and had mean vesicle size, zeta potential, and entrapment efficiency of 330.1 ± 1.5, -14.52 ± 1.32, and 59.02 ± 1.12%, respectively. Biological evaluation on testosterone-induced alopecia and skin histology shows that follicular density and anagen/telogen (A/T) ratio were increased in rats treated with DMSO-liposomes as compared to FIN-liposomes without DMSO and an alcoholic solution of FIN applied topically. DMSO-liposomes could be promising skin delivery vehicles for FIN or similar drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Drug development and industrial pharmacy - 49(2023), 1 vom: 17. Jan., Seite 52-61

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ramkar, Shweta [VerfasserIn]
Kaurav, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Sudheesh, M S [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Ravi Shankar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

57GNO57U7G
Androgenic alopecia
Dimethyl Sulfoxide
Finasteride
Journal Article
Liposomes
Penetration enhancers
Stratum corneum
YOW8V9698H

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.03.2023

Date Revised 22.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/03639045.2023.2182122

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353099074