[HTML][HTML] Enhancing photodynamic therapy of refractory solid cancers: Combining second-generation photosensitizers with multi-targeted liposomal delivery

R Weijer, M Broekgaarden, M Kos, R van Vught… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Contemporary photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the last-line treatment of refractory cancers
such as nasopharyngeal carcinomas, superficial recurrent urothelial carcinomas, and non …

Exploring the potential of oleic acid in nanotechnology-mediated dermal drug delivery: An up-to-date review

B Atef, RAH Ishak, SS Badawy, R Osman - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oleic acid (OA), the naturally occurring fatty acid, is a multifunctional pharmaceutical
excipient with penetration enhancing property for effective skin applications. Topical drug …

An investigation on the effect of drug physicochemical properties on the enhancement strength of enhancer: The role of drug-skin-enhancer interactions

W Xu, C Liu, Y Zhang, P Quan, D Yang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of present work was to investigate the influence of drug physicochemical properties
on the enhancement effect of enhancers, which guided the application of enhancers in …

Microemulsions as vehicles for topical administration of voriconazole: formulation and in vitro evaluation

GN El-Hadidy, HK Ibrahim, MI Mohamed… - Drug development …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This work was undertaken to investigate microemulsion (ME) as a topical delivery system for
the poorly water-soluble voriconazole. Different ME components were selected for the …

Liposomal systems as viable drug delivery technology for skin cancer sites with an outlook on lipid-based delivery vehicles and diagnostic imaging inputs for skin …

N Akhtar, RA Khan - Progress in lipid research, 2016 - Elsevier
Skin cancer is among one of the most common human malignancies wide-spread world-
over with mortality statistics rising continuously at an alarming rate. The increasing …

Use of photosensitizers in semisolid formulations for microbial photodynamic inactivation: miniperspective

JA Gonzalez-Delgado, PJ Kennedy… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Semisolid formulations, such as gels, creams and ointments, have recently contributed to the
progression of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and microbial photodynamic inactivation (PDI) …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in the design and medical application of in situ self-assembled polypeptide materials

TT Wang, YY Xia, JQ Gao, DH Xu, M Han - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inspired by molecular self-assembly, which is ubiquitous in natural environments and
biological systems, self-assembled peptides have become a research hotspot in the …

10-Hydroxy Decanoic Acid-Based Vesicles as a Novel Topical Delivery System: Would It Be a Better Platform Than Conventional Oleic Acid Ufasomes for Skin Cancer …

B Atef, RAH Ishak, SS Badawy, R Osman - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
10-hydroxy decanoic acid (HDA), a naturally derived fatty acid, was used for the preparation
of novel fatty acid vesicles for comparison with oleic acid (OA) ufasomes. The vesicles were …

Skin permeation, biocompatibility and antitumor effect of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine associated to oleic acid in lipid nanoparticles

EDP Almeida, LV Dipieri, FC Rossetti… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to develop and characterize lipid nanoparticles (LNs)
containing chloroaluminum phthalocyanine (ClAlPc) to reduce the aggregation of the drug …

Nanoemulsion as a platform for iontophoretic delivery of lipophilic drugs in skin tumors

LF Dalmolin, RFV Lopez - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lipophilic drugs do not usually benefit from iontophoresis mainly because they do not
solubilize in aqueous formulations suitable for the application of electric current. To explore …