Phytochemical-based vesicular system for the treatment of vitiligo: A review

Subject Areas : Pharmaceutical Formulations and Herbal Drugs

Pooja Pardeshi ¹ (Department of Pharmaceutics, Sanjivani College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kopargaon, P.O. Box 423603, Maharashtra, India)
Chinmay Kapile ² (Department of Pharmaceutics, Sanjivani College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kopargaon, P.O. Box 423603, Maharashtra, India)
Abhijeet Kulkarni ³ (School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sandip University, Nashik P.O. Box 422213, Maharashtra, India)
Vishal Gulecha ⁴ (School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sandip University, Nashik P.O. Box 422213, Maharashtra, India)
Amar Zalte ⁵ (School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sandip University, Nashik P.O. Box 422213, Maharashtra, India)
Shweta Gedam ⁶ (Department of Pharmaceutics, Sandip Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nashik P.O Box 422213, Maharashtra, India)

Received: 2022-03-13 Accepted : 2022-09-04 Published : 2022-09-01

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