Vitamin C as a shelf-life extender in liposomes



Document title: Vitamin C as a shelf-life extender in liposomes
Journal: Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000451877
ISSN: 1984-8250
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Institutions: 1Universidade Franciscana, Programa de Graduacao em Nanociencias, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Pampa, Departamento de Fisica, Bage, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
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Volumen: 58
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Aplicado, descriptivo
English abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of vitamin C (VC) on the stability of stored liposomes under different climatic conditions. Liposomal formulations containing 1 mg/mL of VC (LIP-VC) and blank formulations (LIP-B) were prepared by the reverse-phase evaporation method. After preparation, they were characterized according to their refractive index, average vesicle diameter, polydispersity index (PDI), zeta potential, pH, content, encapsulation efficiency (EE%), morphology, stability and antioxidant activity. For stability, LIP-VC and LIP-B were stored in different climatic conditions (4 °C, 25 °C and 40 °C) for 30 days. The LIP-VC presented 1.3365 refractive index, 161 nm of mean diameter, 0.231 PDI, -7.3 mV zeta potential, 3.2 pH, 19.4% EE%, spherical morphology, 1 mg/mL of VC content, and antioxidant activity of 12 and 11.4 μmol of TE/mL for the radical DPPH and ABTS+, respectively. During stability, the LIP-B stored in 40 °C showed an instability in the parameters: PDI, vesicle size and zeta potential after 15 days, while the LIP-VC remained stable in its size and PDI for 30 days. After that, it is shown that VC can be used as an antioxidant and stabilizer in liposomes to increase the stability and shelf-life of vesicles
Disciplines: Química
Keyword: Química farmacéutica,
Acido ascórbico,
Antioxidantes,
Nanoliposomas,
Actividad antioxidante,
Evaporación de fase reversa
Keyword: Medicinal chemistry,
Ascorbic acid,
Antioxidants,
Nanoliposomes,
Antioxidant activity,
Reverse-phase evaporation
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