Table 7.

A summary of pharmaceutical dosage forms containing jojoba oil.

Dosage Form	Drug	Ingredients	Use/effect of Jojoba Oil	Ref.
Microemulsion	Antioxidant lycopene	Jojoba oil, alcohols, nonionic surfactant (Brij 96V)	To solubilize lycopene	[51]
Microemulsion	-	Jojoba oil, alcohols, different nonionic surfactants, namely Brij 96V and Tweens, and water	To study the effect of Jojoba oil content on the type of the microemulsion	[52]
Sub-micron emulsion	Diclofenac (Diethyl ammonium)	Jojoba oil, purified egg lecithin, Cremophor EL surfactant, and water	To increase the anti-inflammatory effect of topical preparations of diclofenac	[53]
Gellified emulsion	Anti-acne agent, Benzoyl peroxide	Lipophilic surfactant (Span 60), jojoba oil, hydrophilic surfactant (Tween 20), propylene glycol, methyl paraben, propyl paraben, disodium EDTA, butylated hydroxy toluene, Carbopol 940, and water	To decrease the skin irritation and dryness caused by benzoyl peroxide	[54]
Microemulsion	Methotrexate	Jojoba oil, Tween 80, Span-85 and water	Treatment of psoriasis vulgaris.	[55]
Microemulsion	Synthetic retinoid tazarotene	Jojoba wax, labrasol/plurol isostearique and water	Treatment of psoriasis and increase in skin deposition of tazarotene	[56]
Solid lipid nanoparticles	Valacyclovir hydrochloride	Glyceryl monostearate. jojoba oil, polyethylene Glycol 400, Tween 80, and water	To benefit from jojoba oil moisturizing and stabilizing activity in the treatment of viral infections in humans	[57]
Nanostructured lipid carriers	-	Glyceryl behenate, jojoba oil, Tween 80, cetrimide, glycerine, Carbopol 934 or Carbopol 980, triethanolamine, and water	To improve symptoms of some skin disorders like eczema	[58]
Emulgels	Clotrimazole	Jojoba oil, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) Carbopol 934, Span 60, Brij 35, triethanolamine, propylene glycol, and water	An excipient for different topical antifungal preparations	[59]
		Hydrophobically modified co-polymers of acrylic acid, namely Pemulen TR1 and TR2, jojoba oil, and water		[60]
Cutina lipogels	Fluconazole	Cutina, Jojoba oil	An excipient for fluconazole topical drug delivery	[61]
Microemulsion gel		Jojoba oil, Brij 96, Capmul and, water
Straightening emulsions	-	Jojoba oil, ammonium thioglycolate, self-emulsifying wax, oleth-3, mineral oil, propylene glycol, aqua, and preservative blend	As a conditioning agent added to the emulsion	[62]
Skin non-penetrating sunscreens	-	Jojoba oil, methoxycinnamate	To link UV sunscreen molecules as methoxycinnamate to jojoba oil to form new filters	[63,64]
Transdermal patch	Olanzapine	Jojoba oil, Eudragit polymer	As a penetration enhancer in transdermal delivery	[65]
Small-sized agarose microcapsules	Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine	Agarose, jojoba oil	An excipient	[66,67]
Small-diameter alginate beads		Calcium alginate matrix, jojoba oil
Nanocapsules		Jojoba oil, Poly(€-caprolactone) Tween 80, and Span 60	To study physical stability and the hemocompatibility of jojoba oil-based nanocapsules for parenteral administration	[68]
Solid nanoemulsion	Imiquimod, a Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonist + SIINFEKL antigen	Jojoba oil, sucrose fatty ester S-1670 and water	An excipient	[69]
O/W microemulsions	Paclitaxel	Jojoba oil, d-α-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS-1000), isobutanol, and water	As an excipient to load paclitaxel for cancer treatment	[70]
Charged micelles	Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs)	Cationic lipids Bolaamphiphiles (GLH-58 and GLH-60) synthesized from jojoba oil	Starting material for the synthesis of lipids	[71]