Liposomal Technology Basics

Liposomes serve to administer nutrients straight inside the cells. Vitamins and minerals are condensed inside tiny lipid bubbles, named liposomes. Liposomes are bilayer/double-layer bubbles filled with liquid, and constituted using phospholipids. Over 5 decades ago, researchers first learnt that these bubbles could be packed with nutrients, and shield and more effectively transmit nutrients into the bloodstream, then into specific cells. The bi-layer composition of liposomes is nearly indistinguishable from the cell membranes that enclose all human cells. This can be attributed to the distinctive configuration of phospholipids. The phosphate head of phospholipids is hydrophilic (having a strong affinity for water), whereas the fatty-acid tails are hydrophobic (having a strong fear and/or hatred of water).

When phospholipids are introduced into a water-based solution, the hydrophobic, fatty-acid tails rapidly move to free themselves from the liquid, in the same manner that oil separates from vinegar. All the hydrophobic, fatty-acid tails turn inward, and all the hydrophilic, phosphate heads turn toward the liquid, which result in the formation of a double-layered membrane.The encapsulation process helps get around absorption barriers and cellular uptake restrictions, since there’s a lack of reliance on the presence of particular protein transporters. The minuscule size and unique composition of liposomes permit safe, swift absorption with minimal risk of degeneration. Consequently, this enhances the bioavailability of the nutrients, which means that there will be more nutrients for the cells to utilize.

Additionally, liposomes supply phosphatidylcholine to the body. Phosphatidylcholine is a vital phospholipid required for many vital functions in the body.Nanoparticles or liposomes typically less than 100 nanometers in diameter may be able to pass over the blood-brain barrier, and cause some harm if the nanoparticles are comprised of potentially toxic substances, or if the liposomes should contain toxic substances. It’s imperative to find products with liposomes at least 200 nanometers in diameter, which are just small enough to pass into the bloodstream and cells quickly. More importantly than that, one should seek out liposomal products comprised of phospholipids, since they’re nearly indistinguishable from those that compose every cell in the human body, and are non-toxic in nature. Since they’re entirely non-toxic, there would be no risk of damage to the body if a liposome crossed the blood-brain barrier.

In fact, the possibility of this occurrence coming to pass can be beneficial, because the essential fatty acids that compose the phospholipids and vitamins can provide essential nutrition to the brain.It is still unknown how the nutrients are released. One theory posits that the livers processes phospholipids as if they are fats, with the subsequent release of the contained nutrients. Another theory theorizes that bodily cells, which hunger for phospholipids to help with repairing cellular structures, "steal" them from liposomes, resulting in the leakage of their contents.There’s a high chance that both processes occur. Regardless, the numerous advantages of liposomal delivery have been methodically proven countless times. Presently, liposomes have the greatest bioavailability in this respect.