Clay-Based Hydrogels as Drug Delivery Vehicles of Curcumin Nanocrystals for Topical Application

• Main Authors: Marco Ruggeri (Author), Rita Sánchez-Espejo (Author), Luca Casula (Author), Raquel de Melo Barbosa (Author), Giuseppina Sandri (Author), Maria Cristina Cardia (Author), Francesco Lai (Author), César Viseras (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The poor water solubility of a significant number of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) remains one of the main challenges in the drug development process, causing low bioavailability and therapeutic failure of drug candidates. Curcumin is a well-known Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BC...