LLC as Drug Delivery Vehicles

Liquid crystalline phases, such as lamellar, reverse hexagonal, and cubic, present interesting properties for a topical delivery system, and hence were considered and have been smdied as delivery vehicles of pharmaceuticals via the skin and mucosa 

The success of an innovative delivery system for bioactives and specially for proteins or peptides will depend on its ability to fulfill some or all of the following parameters and perquisites  

The primary progress achieved in the field of transdermal delivery uses cubic and hexagonal liquid crystalline phases [43, 62, 63]. This chapter is focusing on the current knowledge of topical, mainly transdermal routes of liquid crystal-based delivery systems. 

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