Nanosystems for the Delivery of Natural Products
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1705
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pharmaceutical biotechnology; antitumor compounds; cancer stem cell
Interests: nanotechnology; natural Products; pharmaceutical biotechnology; biomolecular interaction
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: formulation; nanotechnology; microemulsions; nanoemulsions; nose-to-brain delivery; transdermal delivery; natural oils; characterization of nanostructures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few years, ethnopharmacology has been a valuable tool for identifying therapeutic natural products (NPs). However, the in natura use of NPs still accounts for relevant drawbacks, such as poor compliance, biopharmaceutical limitations, undesirable pharmacokinetics, and relevant toxicity. At present, nanotechnology is a popular approach to overcoming the limitations of complex or isolated active ingredients from natural extracts. The advances of nanostructured NP-based formulations have improved the potential application of synthetic and natural molecules, oils, and/or extracts in several disorders by improving solubility, decreasing the dosage, reducing toxicity, overcoming biological barriers, and so on. Among the several existing nanostructures made of NPs, a few can be highlighted, such as micelles, polymeric nanoparticles, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostructured lipid carriers, nanoemulsions, microemulsions, liposomes, and liquid crystals, among others. Therefore, this issue is dedicated to research on the development, characterization, stability, and/or biological activity evaluation of nanosystems for the delivery of NPs and molecules from NPs.
Prof. Dr. Edgar Julian Paredes-Gamero
Prof. Dr. Francisco Humberto Xavier-Junior
Prof. Dr. Éverton Do Nascimento Alencar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lipid-based nanosystems
- polymer-based nanosystems
- hybrid nanosystems
- colloidal systems
- natural products
