Phase behavior, formation and characterization of palm-based esters nanoemulsion formulation containing ibuprofen.

• Main Authors: Salim, Norazlinaliza, Basri, Mahiran, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin, Kuang, Dzulkefly Abdullah, Basri, Hamidon, Salleh, Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: OMICS Publishing Group 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24718/; http://www.omicsonline.org/

Palm-based esters, synthesized through enzymatic transesterification of palm oil fractions with oleyl alcohol have potential application in pharmaceutical formulations. The phase behaviour of palm-based esters containing ibuprofen with surfactant of different HLB values was investigated for topical...