Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Review on vesicular drug delivery system: Aquasomes

  • Author:
  • Ashwini R Ghorpade*, Omkar U Kale, Shivani R Ghorpade, Bharatee P Chaudhari, Vivekkumar K Redasani
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Aug 31, 2024
  • Page Number: 119 to 123

YSPMs, Yashoda Technical Campus, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wadhe, Satara (415011)

*Corresponding Author E-mail: ashwinighorpade5220@gmail.com

Online Published on 31 August, 2024.

Abstract

A special surface modification approach serves as a basis for a colloidal drug delivery system (CDDS) that helps to preserve the surface's constraining function. An aquasome is a submicronic structure (diameter 60-300nm). In order to create a medication delivery method other than liposome technology, they attracted a lot of attention in an effort to resolve issues with these vesicles' stability in biological fluids. Pharmaceuticals are absorbed by the aquasome, a molecular carrier made of a ceramic core (colloidal precipitation) to which glassy carbohydrates are subsequently permitted to adsorb as a nanometer-thick surface coating. Pharmaceuticals and other biochemically reactive surface members with non-covalently attached immobilized elements are stabilized by the carbohydrate coating, which also serves as a dehydroprotectant. These are nanoparticulate carrier systems but instead of being simple nanoparticles these are three layered self-assembled structures, comprised of a solid phase nanocrystalline core coated with oligomeric film to which biochemically active molecules are adsorbed with or without modification. These structures are self-assembled by non-covalent and ionic bonds. A large number of In vitro and animal model studies have been used to investigate the physical characteristics of this enabling system. It can be used as a carrier for vaccinations, hemoglobin, medications, dyes, enzymes, and even genetic material, giving it a very broad range of applications.

Keywords

Aquasomes, Nanoparticulate carrier system, Core, Carbohydrate coating, Self -assembly