Development of Nano-liposome with Unsaturated Lecithin

불포화레시틴을 이용한 나노리포좀의 개발에 관한 연구

  • Published : 2004.09.01

Abstract

In cosmetics, the saturated lecithin, one of the main surfactants to prepare liposome has been used for its stability but it has been substituting with unsaturated lecithin which has excellent skin affinity and penetration property. So we studied to prepare nano-liposome that size of particles were below than 50nm by unsaturated lecithin. It was important that many factors including solvent such as propylene glycol, pH balance, homogenizing pressure, various cosurfactants and stabilizers to make stable nano-liposome. In our experimental conditions, cosurfactants with stearate class as lipophilic part were more suitable than others for our purpose. But in liposome by saturated lecithin, cosurfactants had negative effect and appropriate amount of oil should be used to be stable. These results indicated that unsaturated lecithin were more suitable than saturated lecithin to prepare nano-liposome.

지금까지 화장품 분야에서의 리포좀 제조를 위해 안정성 측면에서 주로 사용하였던 포화레시틴 대신 피부 친화력과 침투력이 우수한 불포화레시틴을 사용하여 일반적으로 알려진 피부 각질층을 간극보다 작은 50nm 이하의 크기를 갖는 나노리포좀을 제조하는 기술을 개발하고자 하였다. 나노리포좀의 안정성 확보를 위해 용매의 종류, pH 발란스, 균질화 압력 및 보조계면활성제와 안정화제의 종류 등을 변수로 하였고, 결과적으로 친유성 부분이 Stearate 계열로 구성되는 보조계면활성제의 사용을 통해 안정성이 향상됨을 확인하였다. 포화레시틴을 사용하여 제조한 리포좀의 경우에는 보조계면활성제의 사용이 오히려 안정성을 감소시키고, 적절한 양의 오일을 사용할 때 안정성이 일부 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과들을 통해 나노 단위의 리포좀을 제조하기 위해서는 포화레시틴에 비해 불포화레시틴을 사용하는 것이 더욱 적절한 방법임을 확인할 수 있었다.

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