Technologies
Title: | Glycolipid Based Niosomal Delivery System for Drugs and Biomolecules |
Area: | Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Focus Area: | Niosomal Delivery |
Social Benefits: | They are highly suitable for the delivery of drugs having poor bioavailability due to low water solubility. A prototype of the system has been tested for the delivery of poorly soluble drug amphotericin B. This preparation can also be used for gene and protein delivery and for bio-imaging purposes. |
Developing Agency: | CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMT), Chandigarh |
Technology Readiness Index: | Proof of Concept |
Email: | director@imtech.res.in |
| Website Link : | http://www.imtech.res.in |
| Source (more info) : | https://t.ly/l_sb |
Brief Description
Description : | Niosomes, by virtue of its vesicular structure, can house both hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules within its compartments. By exploring the structure-forming attributes of acidic sophorolipid (a microbial glycolipid) we have developed a carrier system for drug and biomolecule delivery. The versatile system can be synthesized with different charges (+Ve/-Ve), size and physical characteristics. |