Natural Product-Based Pharmaceutical Formulations for Skin Drug Delivery
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Pharmacy and Formulation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 430
Editors
Interests: pharmaceutics; natural products; topical delivery
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
2. REQUIMTE/LAQV, Group of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: drug delivery; drug; nanosystems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our Special Issue, “Natural Product-Based Pharmaceutical Formulations for Skin Drug Delivery”. Skin represents the largest organ of our body that works as a barrier of protection. For these reasons, it is of utmost importance to maintain its integrity and function. Moreover, the skin serves as a route for the delivery of active ingredients, aiming for both topical application and systemic delivery. For an effective delivery through the skin, various dosage forms have been developed since ancient times. Natural products—acting as both active ingredients and excipients—are a focal point in pharmaceutical sciences, particularly for products applied to the skin. Expanding research in this field is essential to validate its pharmaceutical potential and safety. Furthermore, natural products offer a sustainable pathway through the upcycling of agro-industrial by-products.
This Special Issue aims to outline the recent and most impactful research on natural product-based pharmaceutical formulations aiming for skin delivery. Furthermore, it seeks to highlight the role of natural products both as active ingredients and as excipients in the development of innovative formulations. We invite original research and review articles across a broad range of interests, including (but not limited to) the following: natural compounds, hemi-synthetic compounds derived from plants, mushrooms, marine sources, or agroindustrial by-products applicable to skin through conventional dosage forms, and innovative drug delivery systems, including nano and smart systems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Monika Michalak
Dr. Amélia Vieira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- topical drug delivery systems
- skin permeation
- nanotechnology
- skin care and therapy
- wound management
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