Biocompatibility and Antimicrobial Studies of Pharmaceutical Formulations
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Pharmacy and Formulation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 590
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Interests: assessment of biocompatibility; drug delivery system formulation; application of macromolecules; characterization of dosage forms; in vitro dissolution studies; SEDDS
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Interests: cytotoxicity; cell viability; pharmaceutical technology; preservatives; galleria mellonella; pharmaceutical formulation; antimicrobials; biocompatibility; pharmaceutics
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Interests: topical drug delivery; self-emulsifying drug delivery systems; nanocarriers; surfactants; in vitro and in vivo studies; pharmaceutical technology; drug release; skin permeation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A necessary step in pharmaceutical research is the investigation into the biocompatibility of the new formulation in order to ensure its tolerability. In vitro cell cultures and ex vivo and in vivo animal model systems provide different levels of valuable information about the safety of the developed drug delivery system, and it is essential that one must be aware of the advantages and limitations of each available technique, thus only in considering these factors can the correct conclusion be made while evaluating the results of the formulation. Biocompatibility studies are highly important in the case of antimicrobial formulations, being the most common mechanism of action affecting non-microbial cells, and as such, while the given drug or drugs are effectively inhibiting or terminating the targeted microorganisms, considerable damage impacts the host organism as well.
The Special Issue cordially welcomes all manuscripts in which the biocompatibility of small molecules, herbal extracts, polymers, or complete drug delivery systems are evaluated, and the antimicrobial effect is tested also. Research articles or reviews in which the comparison of different methods, the relationship of biocompatibility, and the antimicrobial effects are discussed are also covered by the Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Ildikó Bácskay
Dr. Dániel Nemes
Dr. Liza Józsa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobials
- biocompatibility
- in vivo toxicity
- cytotoxicity
- antifungals
- antibacterial
- antibiotics
- drug delivery systems
- in vitro and in vivo models
- new biologically active agents
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