Drug Delivery through Targeted Approach with Special References to Phytosomes [chapter]

Mahendra Rana, Aadesh Kumar, Amita J. Rana
2020 Role of Novel Drug Delivery Vehicles in Nanobiomedicine [Working Title]  
Novel drug delivery is a great tool to deliver the drug at a specific site of action by the means of specific drug carrier like Solid-lipid Nanoparticles, Nanostructured lipid carriers, lipid vesicles, liposomes, phytosomes and ethosomes. Every carrier used in novel drug delivery system to deliver the drug at targeted site requires some special formulation techniques. These techniques help the drug carrier to deliver the active drug at targeted site, by reducing the side-effect, minimizing the
more » ... ose, increasing the absorption and increasing the efficacy of the drug. There is a recent upsurge to move "back to nature" for healing body ailments because the report states that conventional treatment cause various side effects to the human body after prolonged used. Various novel drug delivery vesicles/'somes' are being used for the delivery of phytoconstitutents to the targeted site of action. Phytosome is one of the more reliable and best option for the delivery of herbal constituent to the targeted site. The combination of Novel drug delivery with the transdermal route may be a good idea having fast and targeted delivery of drug. Many health challenges like skin diseases, skin burns, migraine, allergies, cardiac problems, diabetes and trauma like bone fracture could be easily managed by the combination of novel drug delivery and the transdermal route in future.
doi:10.5772/intechopen.86644 fatcat:fam76fl3xnhjfagm6qddleupqi