Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38247515›Full record

ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Ethosomes for Curcumin and Piperine Cutaneous Delivery to Prevent Environmental-Stressor-Induced Skin Damage.

Francesca Ferrara, Agnese Bondi, Walter Pula, Catia Contado, Anna Baldisserotto, Stefano Manfredini, Paola Boldrini, Maddalena Sguizzato, Leda Montesi, Mascia Benedusi and 2 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Francesca FerraraDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9096-0560
Agnese BondiDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Walter PulaDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Catia ContadoDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Anna BaldisserottoDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2882-3530
Stefano ManfrediniDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1348-4422
Paola BoldriniCenter of Electron Microscopy, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Maddalena SguizzatoDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2100-2043
Leda MontesiCosmetology Center, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Mascia BenedusiDepartment of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Giuseppe ValacchiDepartment of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8792-0947
Elisabetta EspositoDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8416-3629
University of Ferrara · IT

Funding

Italian Ministry of University and Research PRIN 2022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diesel particulate matter is one of the most dangerous environmental stressors affecting human health. Many plant-derived compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties have been proposed to protect the skin from pollution damage. Curcumin (CUR) has a plethora of pharmacological activities, including anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. However, it has low bioavailability due to its difficult absorption and rapid metabolism and elimination. CUR encapsulation in nanotechnological systems and its combination with biopotentiators such as piperine (PIP) can improve its pharmacokinetics, stability and activity. In this study, ethosomes (ETs) were investigated for CUR and PIP delivery to protect the skin from damage induced by diesel particulate matter. ETs were produced by different strategies and characterized for their size distribution by photon correlation spectroscopy, for their morphology by transmission electron microscopy, and for their drug encapsulation efficiency by high-performance liquid chromatography. Franz cells enabled us to evaluate in vitro the drug diffusion from ETs. The results highlighted that ETs can promote the skin permeation of curcumin. The studies carried out on their antioxidant activity demonstrated an increase in the antioxidant power of CUR using a combination of CUR and PIP separately loaded in ETs, suggesting their possible application for the prevention of skin damage due to exogenous stressors. Ex vivo studies on human skin explants have shown the suitability of drug-loaded ETs to prevent the structural damage to the skin induced by diesel engine exhaust exposure.

Indexed as

curcumin (CUR)environmental stressethosomes (ETs)piperin (PIP)skin

Identifiers

PMID38247515
PMCPMC10812558
OpenAlexW4390738716

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.