Nanosized nasal emulgel of Resveratrol: preparation, optimization, in vitro evaluation and in vivo pharmacokinetic study.

Nano-emulgel has become one of the most significant controlled release systems which has the advantages of both gels and nano-emulsions. This work aims at the formulation of nasal nano-emulgel for resveratrol, employing carbopol 934 and poloxamer 407 as the gelling agent. The optimum nano-emulsion was determined through further characterization of the selected system. The nasal nano-emulgel was prepared and tested for the in vitro release, the release kinetics, FTIR, ex vivo permeation, nasal mucosa toxicity and in vivo pharmacokinetic study. The optimum nano-emulsion consisted of tween 20, capryol 90 and transcutol at a ratio of (54.26: 23.81: 21.93%v/v), it exhibited transmittance of 100%, resveratrol solubility of 159.9 ± 6.4 mg/ml, globule size of 30.65 nm. The in vitro resveratrol released from nano-emulsion and nasal nasal nano-emulgel was 96.17 ± 4.43% and 78.53 ± 4.7% respectively. Ex vivo permeation was sustained during 12 h up to 63.95 ± 4.7%. The histopathological study demonstrated that the formula is safe and tolerable to the nasal mucosa. Cmax and AUC (0-∞) of resveratrol obtained after nasal administration of nasal nano-emulgel was 2.23 and 8.05 times respectively. Similarly, Tmax was increased up to 3.67 ± 0.82 h. The optimized nasal nasal nano-emulgel established intranasal safety and bioavailability enhancement so, it is considered as a well-designed system to target the brain.