Advanced progress of microencapsulation technologies: In vivo and in vitro models for studying oral and transdermal drug deliveries

This review provides an overall discussion of microencapsulation systems for both oral and transdermal drug deliveries. Clinically, many drugs, especially proteins and peptides, are susceptible to the gastrointestinal tract and the first-pass metabolism after oral administration while some drugs exh...

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Published in:Journal of controlled release 2014-03, Vol.178, p.25-45
Main Authors: Lam, P.L., Gambari, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration, Cutaneous
Administration, Oral
Animals
Capsules
Drug Compounding
Drug Delivery Systems
Drug Stability
Humans
In vivo study
Microencapsulation
Oral drug delivery
Skin delivery model
Transdermal drug delivery
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Summary:This review provides an overall discussion of microencapsulation systems for both oral and transdermal drug deliveries. Clinically, many drugs, especially proteins and peptides, are susceptible to the gastrointestinal tract and the first-pass metabolism after oral administration while some drugs exhibit low skin permeability through transdermal delivery route. Medicated microcapsules as oral and transdermal drug delivery vehicles are believed to offer an extended drug effect at a relatively low dose and provide a better patient compliance. The polymeric microcapsules can be produced by different microencapsulation methods and the drug microencapsulation technology provides the quality preservation for drug stabilization. The release of the entrapped drug is controlled and prolonged for specific usages. Some recent studies have focused on the evaluation of drug containing microcapsules on potential biological and therapeutic applications. For the oral delivery, in vivo animal models were used for evaluating possible treatment effects of drug containing microcapsules. For the transdermal drug delivery, skin delivery models were introduced to investigate the potential skin delivery of medicated microcapsules. Finally, the challenges and limitations of drug microencapsulation in real life are discussed and the commercially available drug formulations using microencapsulation technology for oral and transdermal applications are shown. [Display omitted]
ISSN:0168-3659
1873-4995
DOI:10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.12.028