Review Article
Niosome: A Promising Nanocarrier for Natural Drug Delivery through Blood-Brain Barrier
Table 1
Recent studies in drug delivery using niosomes
| Application | Surfactant | Method | Drug | Route administration | Reference |
| Pulmonary delivery | Tween 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Ciprofloxacin | Inhaler | [71] | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Clarithromycin | Inhaler | [72] | Span 60 | Sonication | Rifampicin | Intratracheal | [73] |
| Protein delivery | Brij 92 | Lipid layer hydration | Insulin | Oral | [74] | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Insulin | Oral | [75] | Span 40 | Lipid layer hydration | N-acetyl glucosamine | Topical | [76] | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Bovine serum albumin | Oral | [77] |
| Cancer chemotherapy | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Cisplatin | | [78] | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | 5-Flourouracil | Topical | [79] | Span 80 | Sonication | Curcumin | | [79] | Bola surfactant | Lipid layer hydration | 5-Fluorouracil | Intravenous | [80] | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | 5-Fluorouracil | Topical | [81] |
| Carrier for hemoglobin | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Hemoglobin | Intravenous | [82] |
| Treatment of HIV-AIDS | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Lamivudine | | [83] | Span 60 | Ether injection | Stavudine | | [84] | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Stavudine | | [31] | Span 80 | Eether injection | Zidovudine | | [85] |
| Vaccine and antigen delivery | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Tetanus toxoid | | [86] | Span 20 | Lipid layer hydration | Newcastle disease vaccine | Parenteral | [87] | Span 60 | Lipid layer hydration | Ovalbumin | | [88] | Span 60/span 85 | Reversed- phase evaporation | Bovine serum albumin | Topical vaccine | [89] |
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