Table 2.

Examples of nanoparticle surfactant drug delivery systems.

Drug	Surfactant	Method of Preparation	Delivery	Nanosystem	Reference
Methotrexate	Span 60	Thin film hydration	Transdermal	Niosomes	Abdelbary AA, AbouGhaly MHH. Int J Pharm. 2015; 485(1–2): 235–43 [22].
Risperidone	Tween 20, 60, 80 & Span 20, 40, 60, 80	Proniosome derived niosome method	Transdermal	Niosomes	Sambhakar S, Paliwal S, Sharma S, Singh B. Bull Fac Pharm Cairo Univ. 2017; 55(2): 239–47 [23].
Ciprofloxacin	Span 60, Tween 60	Thin film hydration	Pulmonary	Niosomes	Moazeni E, Gilani K, Sotoudegan F, Pardakhty A, Najafabadi AR, Ghalandari R, et al. J Microencapsul. 2010; 27(7): 618–27 [24].
Cisplatin	Span 40	Emultion method	Parenteral	Niosomes	Yang H, Deng A, Zhang J, Wang J, Lu B. J Microencapsul. 2013; 30(3): 237–44 [25].
Docetaxel	Pluronic F127, Span 80	High-energy method	Subcutaneous	SLNs	da Rocha MCO, da Silva PB, Radicchi MA, Andrade BYG, de Oliveira JV, Venus T, et al. J Nanobiotechnology [Internet]. 2020; 18(1): 43 [21].