Abstract

A REVIEW OF NIOSOMES AS A NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM

Vishal N. Kushare*, Mayur D. Ghotekar, Suvarna A. Wagh and Pritishchandra S. Kabra

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Abstract

Niosomes are fundamentally non-ionic surfactant-based multilamellar or unilamellar vesicles in which an aqueous solution of solute (s) is completely encapsulated by a membrane formed by the bilayer structure of surfactant macromolecules." Niosomes also called as Nonionic surfactant vesicles or NSV s, Drug transporters of niosomes. Niosomes are self-assembled hydrated nonionic surfactant molecules (for example, tweens and spans) with or without cholesterol and dicetyl phosphate. The formation of closed bilayers is rarely spontaneous and usually requires some form of energy input, such as physical agitation or heat.

Keywords: Niosomes.