Influence of Cyclodextrin Complexation on the in vitro Human Skin Penetration and Retention of the Sunscreen Agent, Oxybenzone |
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Authors: | Silvia Simeoni Santo Scalia Rosanna Tursilli Heather Benson |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 4100 Ferrara, Italy;(2) Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute, School of Pharmacy, Curtin University, Perth, Australia |
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Abstract: | The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of cyclodextrins on the cutaneous availability of the sunscreen oxybenzone. The interaction between oxybenzone and hydrophilic α-, β- and γ-cyclodextrin derivatives was studied in water by phase-solubility analysis. Among the available cyclodextrins, hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) and especially sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SBE-β-CD) had the greatest solubilizing activity. Ethanol–water solutions containing oxybenzone free or complexed with HP-β-CD or SBE-β-CD were applied to human skin in Franz diffusion cells and the amount of sunscreen permeated into the different cutaneous compartments was determined by HPLC. As much as 20.5% of the oxybenzone applied dose diffused within the skin tissue after 6 h application. Between 39.4% and 54.9% of the penetrated UV filter was localized in the stratum corneum, with no significant difference between uncomplexed oxybenzone or its complex with HP-β-CD. Conversely, the amount retained in the stratum corneum was markedly decreased (ca. 50%) by complexation with SBE-β-CD. Considerable quantities of oxybenzone accumulated into the viable epidermis (5.7% of the applied dose) and dermis (6.2% of the applied dose) from the preparation containing the free UV filter. The sunscreen penetration to the deeper living layers of the skin was remarkably lower (1.0% and 2.0% of applied dose for epidermis and dermis, respectively) upon application of the sunscreen complexed with SBE-β-CD, whereas HP-β-CD had no effect. In addition, photostability experiments demonstrated that SBE-β-CD complexation did not alter the sunscreen photochemical properties. |
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Keywords: | cyclodextrins human skin oxybenzone percutaneous penetration sunscreen agent |
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