Recent expansions in an emergent novel drug delivery technology: Emulgel

Microstructural, rheological, and antibacterial properties of cross-linked chitosan emulgels

Antimicrobial emulgels were fabricated by cross-linking chitosan using cinnamaldehyde (CA) nanoemulsions.

Microemulgel: an overwhelming approach to improve therapeutic action of drug moiety

As compared to gel and other topical preparations microemulgel has been prepared by screening of oils, emulsifier, and co-emulsifier on bases of solubility of an API in it. An API has high solubility and oil may also have more or less pharmacological property, so it may assist the therapeutic action of API. Due to presence of oil portion, it leads to more penetration of API in the skin. Oil Micelle Size was less than 500 nm which provides more area for absorption of API in the skin so more penetration and more effective than macro-emulsion. Microemulgel has an advantage of emulgel that has dual benefits of micro-emulsion and gel and several other desirable properties like good consistency, thyrotrophic, greaseless, easily spreadable as well as removable, emollient, non-staining, water soluble, longer shelf-life, bio-friendly, transparent, pleasant appearance, ability of patients for self-medication, termination of medications will be easy, etc.