Essential Oils in Pharmaceutical Products, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Pharmacy and Formulation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: essential oil; nanodevices; nanoparticles; hydrogels; drug delivery; anticancer agents delivery; antibiotic delivery
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Dear Colleagues,
The importance of using essential oils (EOs) in various fields not only derives from the need to sustain bio-based compounds and decrease the dependence on and replace synthetic products with others of natural origin; it is especially due to the fact that these products have been tested and their effect and efficacy have been confirmed in medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, biology, agronomy, etc., with evidence from the oldest times. At present, the growing interest in the use of these compounds is a result of the new and multiple possibilities to protect these structures from external factors (e.g., light, oxygen, temperature) offered by both the innovative matrices created but also by the new incorporation techniques that can further ensure the manifestation of EOs’ biochemical and pharmacological activities. Finally, we must mention the increased capacity to characterize the products that include EOs, and to evaluate the activity and nature of their properties resulting from the presence of EOs in their composition. In this context, the aim of this Special Issue on “Essential Oils in Formulations for Specific Therapies and Products” is to gather papers addressing state-of-the-art trends, future directions, and challenges in the development of formulations based on essential oils, their carriers, and their applicability and uses in various fields due to the chemical composition of the essential oils and correlated effects. Original research papers, communications, review articles, and opinions are welcome.
Dr. Héctor Iván Meléndez Ortíz
Guest Editor
Dr. Héctor Iván Meléndez Ortíz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- • EOs as active chemicals • EOs' biological activity (antimicrobial, insecticidal, herbicidal, bactericidal, and fungicidal properties) • EOs encapsulation procedures • EOs for improving human health • EOs in active packaging products • polymeric networks for EOs encapsulation
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