Phytosome: A Novel Drug Delivery Approach in Herbal Medicine
<p id="p1">Phytomedicine is known widely in novel drug delivery systems due to its herbal properties. Extracting the effective substance of plants and targeting the drug to the desired site is a challenging task. Many biologically active constituents are water soluble, which reduce their absorption...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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IntechOpen
2025
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| Online Access: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1180296 |
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| Summary: | <p id="p1">Phytomedicine is known widely in novel drug delivery systems due to its herbal properties. Extracting the effective substance of plants and targeting the drug to the desired site is a challenging task. Many biologically active constituents are water soluble, which reduce their absorption and thus their bioavailability. Phytosome technology has solved this problem. Phytosomes, due to amphiphilic properties, can effectively absorb from a hydrophilic environment to a lipophilic environment such as a cell membrane and finally reach the blood circulation system. The increase in bioavailability also reduces the side effects of the drug. Due to the easy preparation of the bilayer vesicles and their potency, phytosomes have been comprehensively employed and confirmed by the scientific literature. In this chapter, phytosome technology, its structural components, its physicochemical properties, formulation techniques, approaches as well as advantages and disadvantages are discussed.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-85466-587-7 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1005766 |