Paper
ZHANG Chen, YANG Xue, LI Weida, JIANG Qianqian, CUI Teng
Firstly, the formulation and process of curcumin nanoemulsion were optimized by single factor test and
Box-Behnken design combined with response surface methodology with encapsulation efficiency as evaluation index,
and the physicochemical properties of curcumin nanoemulsion prepared under the optimal conditions were investigated.
The results showed that the encapsulation efficiency of curcumin nanoemulsion was (95.69±0.04)%, and the particle
size was (109.7±0.5)nm. Transmission electron microscopy showed that curcumin nanoemulsion was homogeneous
spherical. Then the optimal curcumin nanoemulsion was added to the composite matrix gel composed of poloxamer 188
and poloxamer 407 to prepare a transdermal thermosensitive hydrogel, and its quality was evaluated and its transdermal
performance was studied. The results showed that the hydrogel had good temperature sensitivity, the gelation temperature
and time were (34.3±0.3)℃ and (54.2±10.2)s, respectively. The cumulative penetration amount Q24 h of the hydrogel was
(9.93±0.70)μg/cm2 and the steady transdermal rate Js was 0.71 μg·cm–2·h–1, which were 2.5 times and 2.6 times of those
of the curcumin solution, respectively. Finally, 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene was used to establish a mouse model of chronic
eczema, and the efficacy of the title product was investigated with the commercial compound dexamethasone acetate
cream as a positive control. The results showed that compared with the model group, the title product could significantly
reduce the ear mass difference and swelling degree of mice(P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in efficacy
between the positive control(compound dexamethasone acetate cream) group and the product(P>0.05). In addition, the
efficacy of this product was significantly different from that of the curcumin solution(P<0.05).