Formulation of Neem oil-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles and evaluation of its anti-Toxoplasma activity.
Sara NematiHanieh Mohammad RahimiZahra HesariMeysam SharifdiniNooshin Jalilzadeh AghdamHamed MirjalaliMohammad Reza ZaliPublished in: BMC complementary medicine and therapies (2022)
Overall, our findings demonstrated that the NeO-SLNs was able to kill T. gondii tachyzoites in concentration 100 μg/mL with a cell toxicity lower than 20%. Such results suggest that employing SLNs as carrier for NeO can effectively kill T. gondii tachyzoites with acceptable cell toxicity. Our findings also showed that SLNs capsulation of the NeO can lead to prolonged release of the extract, suggesting that NeO-SLNs could be also employed to clear cyst stages, which should be further investigated in animal models.