Lovastatin Loaded Solid lipid nanoparticles for Transdermal delivery: In vitro Characterization

Abstract

Lovastatin-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles were prepared by using glyceryl monostearate as lipid by solvent emulsification diffusion technique. The prepared SLNs were evaluated for particle size, shape, polydispersity index,zeta potential, percent drug loading, and in vitro release profile.The results reveal that the optimized SLNs are spherical, with a smooth surface and having particle size 298±1.1 nm, the PDI and zeta potential of optimized formulation was 0.42±0.09 and -19.1±0.81 MeV, respectively, the percent drug loading was 49.81±0.87. The optimized formulation follows Higuchi’s kinetics for drug release.