Current Approaches and Pharmaceutical Applications of Colloidosome Drug Delivery Systems

Abstract

Recently a number of lipid based systems like lipospheres, liposomes, niosomes, ethosomes, and transferosomes have been developed. The purpose of this review article on colloidosome drug delivery was to compile the focus on the types, properties, fabrication techniques, characterization and stability of colloidosomes. This system also solves the problem of insolubility, instability, rapid degradation and is widely used in specialized areas like protein delivery, gene delivery, targeting to the brain and tumor targeting. In a series of vascular systems, colloidosome represents an advanced tool in drug delivery. Colloidosomes are an emerging vesicular system in drug delivery. Vesicular drug delivery reduces the cost of therapy by improved bioavailability of medication, especially in the case of poorly soluble drugs. Colloidosomes have a great encapsulation efficacy with a wide control over size, permeability, mechanical strength and compatibility.