Chitosan/Pomegranate Seed Oil Emulgel Composition as a New Strategy for Dermal Delivery of Hydrocortisone

Multifunctional delivery systems capable of modulating drug release and exerting adjunctive pharmacological activity have attracted particular attention. Chitosan (CS) and pomegranate seed oil (PO) appear to be attractive bioactive components framing the strategy of complex therapy and multifunctional drug carriers. This research is aimed at evaluating the potential of CS in combination with PO in studies on topical emulgels containing hydrocortisone as a model anti-inflammatory agent. Its particular goal was to distinguish alterations in anti-inflammatory action followed with drug dissolution or penetrative behavior between the designed formulations that differ in CS/PO weight ratio. All formulations favored hydrocortisone release with up to a two-fold increase in the drug dissolution rate within first 5 h as compared to conventional topical preparations. The clear effect of CS/PO on the emulgel biological performance was observed, and CS was found to be prerequisite for the modulation of hydrocortisone absorption and accumulation. In turn, a greater amount of PO played the predominant role in the inhibition of hyaluronidase activity and enhanced the anti-inflammatory effect of preparation E-3. Emulgels showed a negligible reduction in mouse fibroblasts' L929 cell viability, confirming their non-irritancy with skin cells. Overall, the designed formulation with a CS/PO ratio of 6:4 appeared to be the most promising topical carrier for the effective treatment of inflammatory skin diseases among the tested subjects.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 25(2024), 7 vom: 28. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bagińska, Zofia Helena [VerfasserIn]
Paczkowska-Walendowska, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Basa, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Rachalewski, Michał [VerfasserIn]
Lendzion, Karolina [VerfasserIn]
Cielecka-Piontek, Judyta [VerfasserIn]
Szymańska, Emilia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9012-76-4
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anti-inflammatory activity
Chitosan
Emulgel
Hydrocortisone
Journal Article
Multifunctional drug carrier
Penetration enhancer
Plant Oils
Pomegranate seed oil
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms25073765

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM371018900