Nanoemulgel for Improved Topical Delivery of Retinyl Palmitate

Retinyl palmitate is a vitamin A ester belonging to the family of endogenous natural retinoid and used to treat various skin disorders like acne, skin aging, wrinkles, and dark spots, as well as to protect against psoriasis. Despite the known therapeutic benefits of retinyl palmitate, the conventional topical delivery of retinyl palmitate commonly associated with adverse reactions such as skin irritation, redness, excessive peeling, and dryness.

Therefore, the current study aims to encapsulate the retinyl palmitate in nanoemulsion then incorporate it into a hydrogel system to improve the topical delivery and stability. Low-energy emulsification method was used for the nano-encapsulation of retinyl palmitate. The phase behavior study was used for the investigation and the optimization of the formulation. The droplet size of the optimized nanoemulsion was in nano dimension (16.71 nm) with low polydispersity index (PdI) (0.015), negative zeta potential (?20.6 mV).

It demonstrated the influence of vortexing on droplet size and PdI during nanoemulsion preparation. The retinyl palmitate loaded nanoemulgel delivery system exhibited significant improvement (p < 0.05) in skin permeability after topical application. Employment of the nano-encapsulation approach afterward dispersion into hydrogel system for the development of a topical delivery.
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Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 848 – Mohammed S. Algahtani , Mohammad Zaki Ahmad and Javed Ahmad * Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Najran University, Najran 11001, Saudi Arabia; [email protected] (M.S.A.); [email protected] (M.Z.A.)

Keywords: Vitamin A; retinoid; chemical/photo-instability; nanoemulsion; topical delivery; skin permeability; nanoemulgel; Capryol