ReviewCurrent drug delivery2025
Current Progress and Emerging Role of Essential Oils in Drug Delivery Therapeutics.
Review in Current drug delivery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Therapeutic potential of traditional Chinese medicine-derived formulations and extracts inJournal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2026Review
- In Vitro Evaluation of the Bioactive Potential of Commercial Pepper Essential Oils.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exosome-Mediated Rewiring of Oxidative Stress-Inflammation-ECM Remodeling Axis Mitigates UVB-Triggered Skin Photoaging.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Encapsulated essential oils in protein-polysaccharide biopolymers: characteristics and applications in the biomedical and food industries.Food science and biotechnology · 2025Review
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
The utilization of novel drug delivery systems loaded with essential oils has gained significant attention as a promising approach for biomedical applications in recent years. Plants possess essential oils that exhibit various medicinal properties, i.e., anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti- inflammatory, anti-cancer, immunomodulatory, etc., due to the presence of various phytoconstituents, including terpenes, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, and esters. An understanding of conventional and advanced extraction techniques of essential oils (EOs) from several plant sources is further required before considering or loading EOs into drug delivery systems. Therefore, this article summarizes the various extraction techniques of EOs and their existing limitations. The in-built biological applications of EOs are of prerequisite importance for treating several diseases. Thus, the mechanisms of action of EOs for anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial activities, etc., have been further explored in this article. The encapsulation of essential oils in micro or nanometric systems is an intriguing technique to render adequate stability to the thermosensitive compounds and shield them against environmental factors that might cause chemical degradation. Thus, the article further summarizes the advanced drug delivery approaches loaded with EOs and current challenges in the future outlook of EOs for biomedical applications.
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