Ucuùba (<i>Virola surinamensis</i>) Fat-Based Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Nail Drug Delivery of Ketoconazole: Development and Optimization Using Box-Behnken Design

• Main Authors: Rayanne R. Pereira (Author), Matteo Testi (Author), Francesca Rossi (Author), Jose O. C. Silva Junior (Author), Roseane M. Ribeiro-Costa (Author), Ruggero Bettini (Author), Patrizia Santi (Author), Cristina Padula (Author), Fabio Sonvico (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ucuùba fat is fat obtained from a plant found in South America, mainly in Amazonian Brazil. Due to its biocompatibility and bioactivity, Ucuùba fat was used for the production of ketoconazole-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) in view of an application for the treatment of onychomycosis and...