Issue 3, 2023

Multi-drug loaded eugenol-based nanoemulsions for enhanced anti-mycobacterial activity

Abstract

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest bacterial infections known to mankind caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The aim of this research is to optimize and formulate a multi-drug loaded eugenol based nanoemulsion system and to evaluate its ability as an antimycobacterial agent and its potential to be a low cost and effective drug delivery system. All the three eugenol based drug loaded nano-emulsion systems were optimized using response surface methodology (RSM)-central composite design (CCD) and were found stable at a ratio of 1 : 5 (oil : surfactant) when ultrasonicated for 8 minutes. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values against strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis highly proved that these essential oil-based nano-emulsions showed more promising results and an even improved anti-mycobacterium activity on the addition of a combination of drugs. The absorbance of 1st line anti-tubercular drugs from release kinetics studies showed a controlled and sustained release in body fluids. Thus, we can conclude that this is a much more efficient and desirable method in treating infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and even its MDR/XDR strains. All these nano-emulsion systems were stable for more than 3 months.

Graphical abstract: Multi-drug loaded eugenol-based nanoemulsions for enhanced anti-mycobacterial activity

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
12 set 2022
Accepted
22 dez 2022
First published
19 jan 2023

RSC Med. Chem., 2023,14, 433-443

Multi-drug loaded eugenol-based nanoemulsions for enhanced anti-mycobacterial activity

P. M. Menon, N. Chandrasekaran, G. P. D. C and S. Shanmugam, RSC Med. Chem., 2023, 14, 433 DOI: 10.1039/D2MD00320A

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