Ekolife Liposomal Joint Plus 150ml

Ekolife Natura Liposomal Joint Plus is an ultra bio-available liquid Joint Support supplement. Wonderful for anyone with digestive problems, or for those with difficulty swallowing capsules or tablets, Liposomes are easily absorbed and the products encapsulated by Liposomes achieve much higher blood dosage levels than found in non-encap­sulated products such as traditional tablets.

Liposomal JointPlus is a highly effective mixture of Curcuma Longa Extract, bioavailable Boswellia Serrata Extract, Piper Nigrum Oil and Kaempferia Galanga Extract. Liposomal Joint Plus is formulated to support the structural integrity, motility of joint cartilage and flexibility of joints.

Liposomal technology

The attraction of using liposomes to deliver nutrients, supplements and drugs into the body is that they are easily absorbed by the gastro-intestinal tract, with the additional encap­sulated molecules being also absorbed at the same time. This overcomes the barrier that faces many beneficial products of getting absorbed into the body at effective levels. The body will often break down many complex molecules before they are absorbed or will just not readily absorb them and so absorption levels are reduced. 

However, Liposomes can also go further, to assist to deliver the active molecules to the cellular sites of action where the body requires a high level of the nutrient. The lipid bilayer of the lipos­ome can fuse with other bilayers such as the cell membrane itself, thus delivering the liposome contents into the cells.

Liposomes are made from extracts of lecithin which contain phospholipids, mixed with other molecules that we may wish to attach. Liposomes vary in size from low nanometer up to tens of micrometers. When combined with water, phospholipids form microscopic structures with a central void encapsu­lating water and within that water we can dissolve other molecules, such as Vitamin C which we would like to have absorbed easily into the body. Whilst hydro-philic molecules can be held within the encapsulated water, hydrophobic chem­icals can be dissolved into the membrane itself and in this way liposomes have the ability to carry both hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules. Due to their unique properties liposomes are used for the formulation of drugs, food supplements and cos­metics.

Liposome Production

The formation of liposomes requires significant levels of ener­gy. Phospholipids are combined with water and energy is ap­plied in a controlled process using sonification or an ultra-tur­rax. The lipid vesicles will then form into either single, or multiple, bi-layers separated by water molecules. This process is controlled to create particles small enough to be readily absorbed into the blood stream.