Desenvolvimento e caracterização de formulações fotoprotetoras contendo nanocápsulas

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Author	Angeli, Valeria Weiss
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	This work has been based on the development and characterization of nanocapsules containing quercetin (QUE) and octyl metoxycinnamate (OMC), used as oil core of these systems. The nanocapsule suspensions were prepared by interfacial deposition of preformed polymer. The suspensions were characterized in terms of QUE and OMC contents and associated drug (QUE) within the nanoparticles, morphology, pH, mean size and polydispersity, as well as the zeta potentials. The influence of the type of surfactant (Span 60 e Epikuron 170) on the physicochemical characteristics of suspensions was evaluated. The stability of the different formulations was evaluated under UVA radiation for 15 days. The aim of this test was to evaluate the nanocapsules ability in protecting the loaded substances against the photodegradation. The nanocapsules presented particle sizes lower than 500 nm, negative zeta potential values and QUE and OMC total contents about 90 %. The encapsulation efficiencies for QUE were 100 %. After 15 days, the formulations prepared with Span 60 and QUE/OMC showed more than 80 % of QUE content. The formulation prepared exclusively with QUE showed a content of QUE around 50 %. The totality of OMC degraded in solution, while OMC remained around 15 % stable in the nanocapsules prepared with Span 60 and QUE. After UVA exposure, QUE and OMC concentrations remained higher for the nanocapsules than for the solutions. Furthermore, the nanoencapsulation of QUE and OMC, using Span 60 improved their photostability. The antioxidant properties of the QUE-loaded nanocapsule suspensions were also evaluated and for this test Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells were used during 35 h of incubation. QUE and OMC nanocapsule suspensions showed an important in vivo antioxidant activity against the damages caused by a stressor agent that lasted for 35 h. The longer bioactivity of those nanocapsules was probably related to the slowly release of the QUE. The nanocapsule suspensions were incorporated in gel or emulsion (O/W) formulations. OMC release profiles from nanocapsules were evaluated for 3 and 6 h. In vitro measurements using static Franz diffusion cells were performed to examine the release behavior of OMC from the nanocapsules. It was used acetonitrile as solvent because it is capable to dissolve the polymer shell of nanocapsules and the sunscreen. This method gave an estimation of the total amount of OMC (encapsulated and released) in each skin layer. A new skin treatment was used, which preserved the polymer shell of the particles. Isopropyl myristate was chosen as solvent because it is not able to solubilize the polymer but it is capable to solubilize OMC released from nanocapsules. These results demonstrated that the OMC accumulated in the upper skin layers. The viable epidermis seemed to be the limiting barrier for the progression of nanocapsules penetration in the skin. Independently of the skin treatment, the same amount of OMC was recovered in the dermis and no OMC was detected in the receptor compartment indicating the absence of nanocapsules in both compartments. Moreover, the use of isopropyl miristate showed that the OMC release was different depending on the skin level. Whereas 78 % of OMC was released after 6 h at the surface of the skin and around 40 % in the stratum corneum, this percentage decreased to 20 % in the deeper skin layers. It can be thus concluded that the OMC release profile is different between the surface and the viable skin.
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