colloidal carriers composed of lipids attract much attention in the development of safer and more effective therapy of various diseases. the advantages of lipid-based nanoparticles are illustrated on the example of paclitaxel, a challenging chemotherapeutic drug for the development of a novel and more suitable dosage form for cancer treatment. paclitaxel is known for its water insolubility and ...

The present review compiles the applications of lipid nanoparticles mainly solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) for the delivery of pharmaceutical actives. The attempts to overcome the low solubility and bioavailability of some drugs by their incorporation into lipid nanocarriers have been summarized. A special focus of this review is on different routes of ad...