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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Enhancement of Curcumin's Anti-Psoriatic Efficacy via Formulation into Tea Tree Oil-Based Emulgel.

Km Reena, Saurabh Mittal, Mohammad Faizan, Iram Jahan, Yasir Rahman, Rahmuddin Khan, Lalit Singh, Abdulsalam Alhalmi, Omar M Noman, Ahmad Alahdab

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Potential of Curcumin in the Management of Skin Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Km ReenaDepartment of Pharmacy, Invertis University, Bareilly 243123, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3545-9140
Saurabh MittalCenter of Pharmaceutics, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida 201303, India.
Mohammad FaizanDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.
Iram JahanDepartment of Physiology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Science and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.
Yasir RahmanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.
Rahmuddin KhanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3569-946X
Lalit SinghFaculty of Pharmacy, Future Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly 243202, India.
Abdulsalam AlhalmiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7985-4241
Omar M NomanDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0902-6381
Ahmad AlahdabInstitute of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 17, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Jamia Hamdard · INAmity University · INInstitute of Medical Sciences · INInvertis University · INKing Saud University · SAUniversität Greifswald · DE

Funding

This research was funded by Researchers Supporting Project number (RSPD20231087), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia RSPD20231087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by the hyperproliferation and aberrant differentiation of epidermal keratinocytes. It is a debilitating condition that can cause significant physical and emotional distress. Natural anti-psoriatic agents have been investigated as alternatives to conventional allopathic medications, as they have notable limitations and drawbacks. Curcumin and tea tree oil are cost-efficient and effective anti-inflammatory medicines with less adverse effects compared to synthetic psoriasis medications. Our research endeavors to harness the therapeutic potential of these natural compounds by developing an herbal anti-psoriatic topical drug delivery system. This novel method uses curcumin and tea tree oil to create a bi-phasic emulgel drug delivery system. Formulations F1 (gel) and F2 (emulgel) have high drug content percentages of 84.2% and 96.7%, respectively. The emulgel showed better spreadability for cutaneous applications, with a viscosity of 92,200 ± 943 cp compared to the gel's 56,200 ± 1725 cp. The emulgel released 94.48% of the drugs, compared to 87.58% for the gel. These formulations conform to the zero-order and Higuchi models, and their stability over a three-month period is crucial. In vivo, the emulgel healed psoriasis symptoms faster than the usual gel. The gathered results confirmed the emulgel's potential as a drug delivery method, emphasizing the complementary benefits of tea tree oil and curcumin as an effective new therapy for psoriasis.

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anti-inflammatory medicineanti-oxidative effectanti-psoriatic topical drugcurcuminimiquimodpsoriasistea tree oil

Identifiers

PMID38131959
PMCPMC10743130
OpenAlexW4389669545

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