Nanoemulsion Vehicles as Carriers for Follicular Delivery of Luteolin
- Title
- Nanoemulsion Vehicles as Carriers for Follicular Delivery of Luteolin
- Author
- 김진웅
- Keywords
- luteolin; nanoemulsion; hair growth; follicular delivery; amphiphilic block copolymer
- Issue Date
- 2018-05
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Citation
- ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, v. 4, no. 5, page. 1723-1729
- Abstract
- Luteolin (3',4',5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone), a type of flavonoid found in medicinal herbs and vegetables, has been of great interest due to its antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and anticarcinogenic effects. Despite these beneficial biological properties, the ease with which luteolin forms molecular crystals in conventional aqueous formulations has hampered much wider applications. In this study, we introduce an oil-in-water (O/W) nanoemulsion vehicle system for enhanced follicular delivery of luteolin. The luteolin-loaded nanoemulsion, which had an average hydrodynamic size of approximately 290 nm, was produced by the assembly of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(epsilon-caprolactone) and lecithin at the O/W interface. The luteolin-loaded nanoemulsion showed outstanding stability against drop coalescence and aggregation. This was confirmed from the slight drop size increase after repeated freeze-thaw cycling and long-term storage. Moreover, in vivo hair growth evaluation demonstrated that the luteolin-loaded nanoemulsions fabricated this study possessed the hair growth promotion activity, which is comparable with the case of using a luteolin solution in an organic solvent.
- URI
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00220https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/118654
- ISSN
- 2373-9878
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00220
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- GRADUATE SCHOOL[S](대학원) > BIONANOTECHNOLOGY(바이오나노학과) > Articles
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