Published December 31, 2011 | Version v1
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A review: Liposome drug delivery system

  • 1. Sr ikrupa Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vil. Velkatta, Kondapak (mdl), Dist. Medak, Siddipet, Andhra Pradesh – 502 277. 1Pydha College of Pharmacy, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.

Description

Liposomes are the smallest artificial vesicles of spherical shape that can be
produced from natural untoxic phospholipids and cholesterol. Liposomes are
concentric bilayered vesicles in which aqueous volume is entirely enclosed
by a membranous lipid bilayer mainly of natural or untoxic synthetic
phospholipids. Liposomes are extremely versatile due to the variability of
their composition. However, their predominance in drug delivery and
targetting has enabled them to be used as therapeutic tool in fields like
tumour targeting, gene and antisense theraphy, genetic vaccination,
immunomodulation, lung therapeutics, fungal infections and skin care and
topical osmetic products. By this topic we can know different innovative
and unique technological formulations of liposomes for the different
ailment of diseases.

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