Brain infections as meningitis and encephalitis are attracting a great interest. Challenges in the treatment of these diseases are mainly represented by the blood brain barrier (BBB) that impairs the efficient delivery of even very potent drugs to reach the brain. The nose to the brain administration route, is a non-invasive alternative for a quick onset of action, and enables the transport of numerous medicinal agents straight to the brain thus workarounding the BBB through the highly vascularized olfactory region. In this report, Thymus vulgaris and Syzygium aromaticum essential oils (EOs) were selected to be included in chitosan coated nanoemulsions (NEs). The EOs were firstly analyzed to determine their chemical composition, then used to prepare NEs, that were deeply characterized in order to evaluate their use in intranasal administration. An in vitro evaluation against a collection of clinical isolated bacterial strains was carried out for both free and nanoemulsioned EOs. Chitosan coated NEs showed to be a potential and effective intranasal formulation against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and multi-drug resistant Gram-negative microorganisms including carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Antimicrobial essential oil formulation: chitosan coated nanoemulsions for nose to brain delivery / Rinaldi, F.; Oliva, A.; Sabatino, M.; Imbriano, A.; Hanieh, P. N.; Garzoli, S.; Mastroianni, C. M.; De Angelis, M.; Miele, M. C.; Arnaut, M.; Di Timoteo, F.; Marianecci, C.; Ragno, R.; Carafa, M.. - In: PHARMACEUTICS. - ISSN 1999-4923. - 12:7(2020), pp. 1-18. [10.3390/pharmaceutics12070678]
Antimicrobial essential oil formulation: chitosan coated nanoemulsions for nose to brain delivery
Rinaldi F.;Oliva A.;Sabatino M.;Imbriano A.;Hanieh P. N.;Garzoli S.;Mastroianni C. M.;De Angelis M.;Miele M. C.;Di Timoteo F.;Marianecci C.;Ragno R.;Carafa M.
2020
Abstract
Brain infections as meningitis and encephalitis are attracting a great interest. Challenges in the treatment of these diseases are mainly represented by the blood brain barrier (BBB) that impairs the efficient delivery of even very potent drugs to reach the brain. The nose to the brain administration route, is a non-invasive alternative for a quick onset of action, and enables the transport of numerous medicinal agents straight to the brain thus workarounding the BBB through the highly vascularized olfactory region. In this report, Thymus vulgaris and Syzygium aromaticum essential oils (EOs) were selected to be included in chitosan coated nanoemulsions (NEs). The EOs were firstly analyzed to determine their chemical composition, then used to prepare NEs, that were deeply characterized in order to evaluate their use in intranasal administration. An in vitro evaluation against a collection of clinical isolated bacterial strains was carried out for both free and nanoemulsioned EOs. Chitosan coated NEs showed to be a potential and effective intranasal formulation against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and multi-drug resistant Gram-negative microorganisms including carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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