Insight into heating method and Mozafari method as green processing techniques for the synthesis of micro- and nano-drug carriers

Abstract

Drug delivery systems, also known as bioactive carriers, are currently an important contribution to the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. A leading category of these drug carriers is lipid- and phospholipid-based systems including liposomes, nanoliposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostructured lipid vesicles, archaeosomes, and tocosomes. At present, there are several methods available for the preparation of the lipidic drug carriers at the micro- and nanoscales. There are some misunderstandings and confusion in the literature regarding two of the scalable and environment-friendly (green) techniques developed in our laboratory, namely the heating method and the Mozafari method. These methods are superior to conventional procedures used in the synthesis of drug carriers due to the fact that they do not involve utilization of potentially toxic solvents, detergents, or high-shear homogenizations. This entry is aimed to clarify differences between these methods to the peers and colleagues in academia as well as relevant industries. Some details of the industrially applied patented instrument used in the manufacturing of lipidic carriers are also provided.