Nanoemulsions: A Potential Advanced

Nanocarrier Platform for Herbal Drug

Delivery

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Sumit Sharma, Sonali Batra, and V. R. Sinha

Abstract

Nanotechnology is an emerging science in pharmaceutical technology with

numerous opportunities to address the various challenges in drug delivery.

Despite the scientifically proved therapeutic activities and good safety and effi-

cacy, the use of herbals is limited. This is due to challenges like higher molecular

size, low aqueous solubility, lipid permeability, and elevated degradation profile

in vitro and in vivo which lead to ineffective pharmacodynamic and pharmacoki-

netic profile. Amid the advancement in novel drug delivery systems for herbal

bioactives, nanoemulsion technology is highly popular in the pharma industry.

Nanoemulsion technology is the nanocarrier system which has the ability to

overcome all aforesaid challenges and potentiate the biological efficacy of herbal

bioactives. This chapter highlights the concept and state of the art for the

nanoemulsion and describes the applications of nanoemulsions for herbal drug

delivery.

Keywords

Nanotechnology · Herbals · Nanoemulsion · Microemulsion · Drug delivery

application

S. Sharma

Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India

S. Batra

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and

Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India

V. R. Sinha (*)

University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

e-mail: vrsinha@pu.ac.in; vr_sinha@yahoo.com

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