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Table 3 Materials used for the preparation of proniosomes

From: Recent advances of non-ionic surfactant-based nano-vesicles (niosomes and proniosomes): a brief review of these in enhancing transdermal delivery of drug

S.no.

Materials/ingredients

Property

1.

Non-ionic surfactants (spans, tweens)

Emulsifier, wetting agent, solubilizer, permeation enhancer

2.

Cholesterol

Vesicle stabilizer

3.

Lecithin

Permeation enhancer

4.

Carrier

Increase flexibility

5.

Organic solvents (ethanol, methanol)

Effect vesicle size, solubilizer [76]