Novel drug delivery systems of Chinese medicine for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Caifang Gao, Lijuan Liu, Yangyang Zhou, Zhaoxiang Bian, Shengpeng Wang*, Yitao Wang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic intestinal inflammatory disease that comprises ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). IBD involves the ileum, rectum, and colon, and common clinical manifestations of IBD are diarrhea, abdominal pain, and even bloody stools. Currently, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucocorticoids, and immunosuppressive agents are used for the treatment of IBD, while their clinical application is severely limited due to unwanted side effects. Chinese medicine (CM) is appealing more and more attention and investigation for the treatment of IBD owing to the potent anti-inflammation pharmacological efficacy and high acceptance by patients. In recent years, novel drug delivery systems are introduced apace to encapsulate CM and many CM-derived active constituents in order to improve solubility, stability and targeting ability. In this review, advanced drug delivery systems developed in the past and present to deliver CM for the treatment of IBD are summarized and future directions are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number23
JournalChinese Medicine
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2019

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pharmacology
  • Complementary and alternative medicine

User-Defined Keywords

  • Chinese medicine
  • Drug delivery system
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Ulcerative colitis

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