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Ophthalmic Nanoemulsions: From Composition to Technological Processes and Quality Control
- Source :
- Molecular Pharmaceutics
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021.
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Abstract
- Nanoemulsions are considered as the most promising solution to improve the delivery of ophthalmic drugs. The design of ophthalmic nanoemulsions requires an extensive understanding of pharmaceutical as well as technological aspects related to the selection of excipients and formulation processes. This Review aims at providing the readers with a comprehensive summary of possible compositions of nanoemulsions, methods for their formulation (both laboratory and industrial), and differences between technological approaches, along with an extensive outline of the research methods enabling the confirmation of in vitro properties, pharmaceutical performance, and biological activity of the obtained product. The composition of the formulation has a major influence on the properties of the final product obtained with low-energy emulsification methods. Increasing interest in high-energy emulsification methods is a consequence of their scalability important from the industrial perspective. Considering the high-energy emulsification methods, both the composition and conditions of the process (e.g., device power level, pressure, temperature, homogenization time, or number of cycles) are important for the properties and stability of nanoemulsions. It is advisible to determine the effect of each parameter on the quality of the product to establish the optimal process parameters’ range which, in turn, results in a more reproducible and efficient production.
- Subjects :
- Quality Control
Eye Diseases
Computer science
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Final product
nanoemulsion
Pharmaceutical Science
Administration, Ophthalmic
emulsification
Review
ocular drug delivery
Power level
Ophthalmic drugs
high-energy methods
ophthalmic nanoemulsion
Scientific method
Drug Discovery
Humans
Molecular Medicine
Emulsions
Quality (business)
Biochemical engineering
low-energy methods
Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System
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- ISSN :
- 15438392 and 15438384
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Molecular Pharmaceutics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....637fdac8b2d6345ad907feff656a2da4