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Fluconazole is potent triazole drug used as effectively anti-fungal for treating a variety of local and systemic fungal infections. This drug is sparingly soluble in water. The objective of this research was to statistically optimize nanovesicular formulations contain fluconazole to improve its antifungal effect. The nanovesicular formulations were composed of Tween® 80, cetyl alcohol, and chitosan. The prepared nanovesicular formulations were investigated for their zeta potential, polydispersity index, particle size, and encapsulation efficiency. The nanovesicular that has been optimized formulation was consist of tween/cetyl alcohol ratio of 15:1 and 0.1% chitosan. Additionally, the optimized formulation increased significantly in fluconazole release ratio and extent in comparison to the suspension form of the drug. The find that fluconazole nanovesicles had a better effect and lower MIC when compared to the aqueous fluconazole suspension. Finally, the optimized nanovesicles can be considered a promising nanocarrier for delivery of fluconazole to increase its systemic antifungal efficacy.
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