1Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, Malla Reddy College of Pharmacy (Affiliated to Osmania University), Secunderabad, Telangana, India
2Professor, Mekelle Institute of Technology, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
3Professor and Principal, Department of Pharmaceutics, Malla Reddy College of Pharmacy, Maisammaguda, Secunderabad, Telangana, India
4Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Princeton College of Pharmacy, Korremula, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Microemulsions are one of the best candidates for drug delivery because of their long shelf life, improved drug solubilization with ease of preparation and administration. It has unique properties, including clarity, thermodynamically stable and optically isotropic liquid solutions of oil, water and amphiphile. Microemulsions are isotropic, thermodynamically stable transparent (or translucent) systems of oil, water and surfactant, frequently in combination with a cosurfactant with a droplet size usually in the range of 20–200 nm. Microemulsions have great range of applications and uses such as in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cutting oils, biotechnology, food, cosmetics, analytical applications, environmental detoxification etc. The main objective of this review paper is to discuss microemulsions as drug carrier system with other possible applications.
Microemulsion, transparent, pharmaceuticals, detoxification
