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Cosmetics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Shuto Kozaka ◽  
Ayaka Kashima ◽  
Rie Wakabayashi ◽  
Takahiro Nakata ◽  
Taro Ueda ◽  
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The skin loses its moisture with advancing age, causing cosmetic issues such as wrinkles. In addition, the loss of moisture leads to hypersensitivity to external stimuli such as UV light. Transcutaneous supplementation with hyaluronic acid (HA) is an effective and safe method of recovering the moisturizing function and elasticity of the skin. However, the transcutaneous delivery of HA remains challenging owing to the barrier function of the stratum corneum (SC) layer. To penetrate the SC barrier, we used a reverse micelle formulation that does not require high energy consumption processes for preparation. We aimed to enhance the skin permeability of HA by incorporating glyceryl monooleate—a skin permeation enhancer—into the formulation. A fluorescently-labeled HA-loaded reverse micelle formulation showed significantly enhanced permeation across Yucatan micro pig skin. Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy of the surface of the skin treated with the reverse micelle formulation showed blue shifts of the CH2 symmetric/asymmetric stretching peaks, indicating a reduction in the barrier function of the SC. Further study revealed that HA was released from the reverse micelles at the hydrophobic/hydrophilic interface between the SC and the living epidermis. The results demonstrated that our reverse micellar system is an easy-to-prepare formulation for the effective transcutaneous delivery of HA.


Soft Matter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-389
Author(s):  
Yaping Zhang ◽  
Bin Zhen ◽  
Yue Hu ◽  
Guohong Liang ◽  
Yaqing Feng

Polydispersity of TX-100 surfactant affects the structure of reverse micelles remarkably, and TX-100 with 5–10 EO units endows the micelles with hierarchical micellar interface, favoring for the preparation of monodisperse silica nanoparticles.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1012-1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Revathy Sankaran ◽  
Jenn Hau Bong ◽  
Yin Hui Chow ◽  
Fadzlie Wong Faizal Wong ◽  
Tau Chuan Ling ◽  
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Reversed micellar system (RMS) is an innovative technique used for the isolation, extraction and purification of proteins and enzymes. Studies have demonstrated that RMS is an efficient purification technology for extracting proteins and enzymes from natural plant materials or fermentation broth. Lately, reverse micelles have wider biological applications and the ease of scaling up and the possibility for the continuous process have made RMS a vital purification technique in various fields. In this study, an extensive review of RMS with the current application in biotechnology is examined. This review provides insights into the fundamental principles, key variables and parameters of RMS. In addition, a comparative study of RMS with other liquid-liquid extraction techniques is also included. The present review aims to provide a general overview of RMS by summarising the research works, since the introduction of the technology to current development.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharifah Fathiyah Sy Mohamad ◽  
Farhan Mohd Said ◽  
Mimi Sakinah Abdul Munaim ◽  
Shahril Mohamad

This study demonstrates the extraction of jacalin from crude extract of jackfruit seeds using anionic surfactant based reverse micellar system, sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) in isooctane. Effects of various parameters, such as, NaCl concentration (0.05 – 1 M), pH of aqueous phase (pH 4 – 10), AOT concentration (5 – 150 mM), contact time (5 – 30 min) and phase volume ratio (0.5-5) on the transfer efficiency of jacalin was evaluated by changing one factor at a time (OFAT) while keeping the other parameters constant. A maximum of 83% of protein transfer was achieved after equal volume of organic and aqueous phase was stirred for 20 min using 20 mM AOT at pH 5 aqueous phase containing 0.1 M NaCl. The findings demonstrated AOT reverse micellar system as a promising and effective method to extract and purify jacalin from crude protein mixture.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1115-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Peng ◽  
Hao Du ◽  
Peng-Fei Xu ◽  
Yu Tang ◽  
Yong Meng ◽  
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