Lipid mesophases are lyotropic liquid crystalline systems which differ from liposomes and other globular aggregates in dilute regimes due to their inner ordering. It is known that natural lipids enable to obtain a rich variety of nanosystems and many of them have been proposed as delivery agents for bioactive compounds. Due to their packing parameters, several classes of lipids found in natural sources are able to self-assemble into nonlamellar structures. Among lipids occurring in plants and algae, triglycerides display this tendency. In the present study we examine new nanosystems built with lipids extracted from the marine microalga Nannochloropsis sp and their use as carriers for lipophilic antioxidants. The antioxidants studied, curcumin and tocopherol were encapsulated with high rate in the carriers. The physico-chemical characterization of plain and loaded vectors showed their structure and localization site, as well as the structure-functionality relationship related to potential drug delivery. The results show that the cargo molecules play an active role in driving the interactions which characterize the overall structure of the aggregates. The systems studied showed several coexisting mesophases, the most predominant structure being of cubic symmetry.

Clemente, I., Bonechi, C., Rodolfi, L., Bacia-Verloop, M., Rossi, C., Ristori, S. (2021). Lipids from algal biomass provide new (nonlamellar) nanovectors with high carrier potentiality for natural antioxidants. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS, 158, 410-416 [10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.11.013].

Lipids from algal biomass provide new (nonlamellar) nanovectors with high carrier potentiality for natural antioxidants

Clemente I.;Bonechi C.;Rossi C.;
2021-01-01

Abstract

Lipid mesophases are lyotropic liquid crystalline systems which differ from liposomes and other globular aggregates in dilute regimes due to their inner ordering. It is known that natural lipids enable to obtain a rich variety of nanosystems and many of them have been proposed as delivery agents for bioactive compounds. Due to their packing parameters, several classes of lipids found in natural sources are able to self-assemble into nonlamellar structures. Among lipids occurring in plants and algae, triglycerides display this tendency. In the present study we examine new nanosystems built with lipids extracted from the marine microalga Nannochloropsis sp and their use as carriers for lipophilic antioxidants. The antioxidants studied, curcumin and tocopherol were encapsulated with high rate in the carriers. The physico-chemical characterization of plain and loaded vectors showed their structure and localization site, as well as the structure-functionality relationship related to potential drug delivery. The results show that the cargo molecules play an active role in driving the interactions which characterize the overall structure of the aggregates. The systems studied showed several coexisting mesophases, the most predominant structure being of cubic symmetry.
2021
Clemente, I., Bonechi, C., Rodolfi, L., Bacia-Verloop, M., Rossi, C., Ristori, S. (2021). Lipids from algal biomass provide new (nonlamellar) nanovectors with high carrier potentiality for natural antioxidants. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS, 158, 410-416 [10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.11.013].
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