Liposomes as Potential Delivery System for Herbal and Synthetic Drugs

Background: Liposomes represent an appealing drug delivery system because of their better and adaptable physicochemical and biophysical features, which allow for easy manipulation to address various delivery concerns. Purpose: The use of liposomes for drug delivery currently has been greatly impacted across many biomedical fields. They have been proven to be effective in achieving the following objectives: stabilizing medicinal compounds, eliminating obstacles to cellular and tissue absorption, and enhancing the bio distribution of drugs to target sites in vivo. This reduces systemic toxicity while facilitating the effective distribution of encapsulated compounds to target areas. Liposome-assisted drug delivery platforms have made progress in clinical translation, despite a great deal of research and a number of promising preclinical results. Method: Recent literature has been surveyed from PUBMED, GOOGLE SCHOLAR, etc., like search engines, for summarising detailed developments in the field of liposomes for various applications, which could prove to be a novel drug delivery system. Result and Conclusion: In this review, the focus has been on drug loading in liposomes, mechanism of transportation, method of preparation of liposomes, advancements in drug transport facilitated by liposomes, and applications of liposomes in biomedicine.