In vivo anti-obesity efficacy of curcumin loaded nanofibers transdermal patches in high-fat diet induced obese rats

Obesity as a dominant problem in developed countries which is known to be basic step of so many diseases is subjected to find a solution for in this work. Curcumin containing polyvinyl alcohol-gelatin nanofibers which ranging from 200 to 250 nm in diameter as a transdermal drug delivery system for declining volume of subcutaneous adipose tissue is investigated here. Morphology and synthesis method of nanofibers is designed and optimized by statistical software and a totally uniform and reproducible method of synthesis is used for preparation of a transdermal patch. Effectiveness of delivery system in transport of drug through skin is confirmed by side by side arrangement transdermal diffusion cells. This transdermal patch used for animal test showed 4 to 7% decrease in total amount of adipose tissue estimated by whole body magnetic resonance imaging technique.