A Literature Review on Indigowoad Root Hydrogel Development for Skincare

Siukan Law¹, Chuiman Lo¹*, Jie Han¹, Albert Wingnang Leung² and Chuanshan Xu³

¹Department of Science, School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

²School of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.

³Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China.

Corresponding Author E-mail: cmlo@ouhk.edu.hk

Abstract:

Indigowoad Root is traditional Chinese medicine. It belongs to the “cool blood herb” category which has been used for anti-inflammatory and anti-infections situations regarding the Yin-Yang theory. Hydrogel is one of the biomaterials for drug delivery that provided a large surface area and permeability, enhanced the characteristics of solubility and absorption of traditional Chinese medicine, for example, curcumin. Based on the pieces of evidence, these might have some possible methods for the synthesis of Indigowoad Root hydrogel on skincare in the future.

Keywords: Hydrogel; Indigowoad Root; Skincare; Traditional Chinese medicine

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