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Curcumin and mangiferin solubility in different excipients was evaluated by HPLC. Microemulsion was developed using pseudo-ternary phase diagrams. Sizes and polydispersity of microemulsion globules were evaluated by dynamic light scattering. Activity against Fusarium verticillioides was evaluated by a microdilution method. Vitamin E acetate was selected as the oily phase, Transcutol P as cosurfactant and Tween 80 as surfactant. Smix was composed of Transcutol P and Tween 80 in a 1:2 gravimetric ratio and combined with oil-phase vitamin E acetate at a weight ratio of 3:1. Microemulsions were loaded with 5 mg\/mL of each polyphenol and recovery results were 99.5% and 99.3% for curcumin and mangiferin, respectively. Sizes of the lipid phase were 121.7 \u00b1 29.2 nm and 172.6 \u00b1 19.3 nm, respectively, for mangiferin and curcumin microemulsions. 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