Issue 4, 2014

Rice bran and raspberry seed oil-based nanocarriers with self-antioxidative properties as safe photoprotective formulations

Abstract

The aim of this research was to develop advanced lipid nanocarriers based on renewable vegetable resources (rice bran oil and raspberry seed oil) that possess self-antioxidative properties, having advantages in terms of minimal side effects and exhibiting the ability to simultaneously co-encapsulate and co-release two active compounds. The focus has been oriented towards developing safe cosmetic formulations with broad-spectrum photoprotection based on these new lipid nanocarriers that contain large amounts of vegetable oils and low concentrations of synthetic UVA and UVB filters (butyl-methoxydibenzoylmethane – BMDBM and octocrylene – OCT). The lipid nanocarriers have a spherical shape and show good physical stability, with a zeta potential in the range of −25.5 to −32.4 mV. Both vegetable oils play a key role in the preparation of efficient nanocarriers, leading to a less ordered arrangement of the lipid core that offers many spaces for the entrapment of large amounts of BMDBM (79%) and OCT (90%), as wells as improved antioxidant activity and UV absorption properties, particularly for the lipid nanocarriers prepared from rice bran oil. By formulating the lipid nanocarriers into creams containing only 3.5% of the UV filters and 10.5% of the vegetable oils, the resulting sunscreens exhibited improved photoprotection, reflecting up to 91% and 93% of UVA and UVB rays, respectively. A new direction of research achieved by this study is the multiple release strategy of both UV filters from the same lipid nanocarrier. After 24 hours, a slow release of BMDBM (less than 4%) and OCT (17.5%) was obtained through a Fick diffusion process. This study demonstrates a significant advance in the areas of both nanotechnology and cosmetics, developing safer cosmetic formulations that possess broad antioxidant, photoprotective and co-release effectiveness due to the existence of a high content of nanostructured vegetable oils combined with a low amount of synthetic UV filters in the same carrier system.

Graphical abstract: Rice bran and raspberry seed oil-based nanocarriers with self-antioxidative properties as safe photoprotective formulations

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Aug 2013
Accepted
13 Jan 2014
First published
14 Jan 2014

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2014,13, 703-716

Rice bran and raspberry seed oil-based nanocarriers with self-antioxidative properties as safe photoprotective formulations

G. Niculae, I. Lacatusu, N. Badea, R. Stan, B. S. Vasile and A. Meghea, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2014, 13, 703 DOI: 10.1039/C3PP50290B

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