Topical delivery of lycopene using microemulsions: Enhanced skin penetration and tissue antioxidant activity
✍ Scribed by Luciana B. Lopes; Hillary VanDeWall; Hsin T. Li; Vijay Venugopal; Hsin K. Li; Stan Naydin; Jaclyn Hosmer; Mark Levendusky; Haian Zheng; M. Vitória L.B. Bentley; Robert Levin; Martha A. Hass
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Volume
- 99
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3549
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✦ Synopsis
Topical delivery of lycopene is a convenient way to supplement cutaneous levels of antioxidants. In this study, lycopene was incorporated (0.05%, w/w) in two microemulsions containing BRIJ-propylene glycol (2:1, w/w, surfactant blend) but different oil phases: mono/diglycerides of capric and caprylic acids (MG) or triglycerides of the same fatty acids (TG). Microemulsions containing MG and TG were isotropic, fluid, and clear, with internal phase diameters of 27 and 52 nm, respectively. Both MGor TG-containing microemulsions markedly increased lycopene penetration in the stratum corneum (6-and 3.6-fold, respectively) and in viable layers of porcine ear skin (from undetected to 172.6 AE 41.1 and 103.1 AE 7.2 ng/cm 2 , respectively) compared to a control solution. To assure that lycopene delivered to the skin was active, the antioxidant activity of skin treated with MG-containing microemulsion was determined by CUPRAC assay, and found to be 10-fold higher than untreated skin. The cytotoxicity of MG-containing microemulsion in cultured fibroblasts was similar to propylene glycol (considered safe) and significantly less than of sodium lauryl sulfate (a moderate-tosevere irritant) at 1-50 mg/mL. These results demonstrate that the MG-containing microemulsion is an efficient and safe system to increase lycopene delivery to the skin and the antioxidant activity in the tissue.