Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne

Bülent Samancı; Gülgun Yener; İsmail Tuncer Değim

Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne

Abstract

The main aim of this review is to investigate published research that related nanoemulsions formulations as the for improving of acne and to evaluate the recent developments and future of nanoemulsions for acne care. Nanoemulsion, skin penetration, acne vulgaris, topical drug delivery using as keywords were sequentially searched three databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar). Following the removal of duplications and irrelevant results, research articles and reviews were included in the final literature overview. Systemic therapy includes anti-inflammatory and antibiotics drugs that can bring on undesirable adverse. On the other hand, the low solubility in water of the drug and insufficient penetration through the skin limits the drugs's topical administration. Innovative topical nanoemulsion systems can be very impactful to decrease the side effects of drugs and provide tremendous drug penetration through the skin. They provide advantage over traditional topical medications by enhancing bioavailability of drugs, and the persistency of drugs in the skin layers. Furhmore, nanoemulsions have significant potential to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional dosage forms contains natural molecules and essential oils for acne thepaphy. Additionally, some comparative studies showed that nanoemulsions increase the permeability of the drug molecule through the skin more than other nanocarriers (SLN, NLC).

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English

Subjects

Pharmaceutical Delivery Technologies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Bülent Samancı ^* This is me
0000-0002-7198-5375
Türkiye

Gülgun Yener
0000-0002-7234-0034
Türkiye

İsmail Tuncer Değim
0000-0002-9329-4698
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 28, 2025

Submission Date

November 16, 2021

Acceptance Date

January 24, 2022

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Year 2023 Volume: 27 Number: 1

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Samancı, B., Yener, G., & Değim, İ. T. (2025). Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne. Journal of Research in Pharmacy, 27(1), 1-11. https://izlik.org/JA75GP58DU

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1.Samancı B, Yener G, Değim İT. Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne. J. Res. Pharm. 2025;27(1):1-11. https://izlik.org/JA75GP58DU

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Samancı, Bülent, Gülgun Yener, and İsmail Tuncer Değim. 2025. “Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne”. Journal of Research in Pharmacy 27 (1): 1-11. https://izlik.org/JA75GP58DU.

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Samancı B, Yener G, Değim İT (June 1, 2025) Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne. Journal of Research in Pharmacy 27 1 1–11.

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[1]B. Samancı, G. Yener, and İ. T. Değim, “Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne”, J. Res. Pharm., vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 1–11, June 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA75GP58DU

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Samancı, Bülent - Yener, Gülgun - Değim, İsmail Tuncer. “Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne”. Journal of Research in Pharmacy 27/1 (June 1, 2025): 1-11. https://izlik.org/JA75GP58DU.

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1.Samancı B, Yener G, Değim İT. Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne. J. Res. Pharm. 2025;27:1–11.

MLA

Samancı, Bülent, et al. “Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne”. Journal of Research in Pharmacy, vol. 27, no. 1, June 2025, pp. 1-11, https://izlik.org/JA75GP58DU.

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1.Bülent Samancı, Gülgun Yener, İsmail Tuncer Değim. Nanoemulsions A New Topical Drug Delivery System For The Treatment Of Acne. J. Res. Pharm. [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 1;27(1):1-11. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA75GP58DU