Herbal Excipients in Novel Drug Delivery Systems
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The use of natural excipients to deliver the bioactive agents has been hampered by the synthetic materials. However advantages offered by these natural excipients are their being non-toxic, less expensive and freely available. The performance of the excipients partly determines the quality of the medicines. The traditional concept of the excipients as any component other than the active substance has undergone a substantial evolution from an inert and cheap vehicle to an essential constituent of the formulation. Excipients are any component other than the active substance(s) intentionally added to formulation of a dosage form. This article gives an overview of herbal excipients which are used in conventional dosage forms as well as novel drug delivery systems.
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Herbal Excipients in Novel Drug Delivery Systems A. SHIRWAIKAR*, ANNIE SHIRWAIKAR1, S. LAKSHMANA PRABU AND G. ARAVIND KUMAR
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 415 July August 2008 Excipients are primarily used as diluents, binders, disintegrants, adhesives, glidants and sweeteners in conventional dosage forms like tablets and capsules1. As the establishment of toxicity and approval from regulatory authorit ies poses a problem with synthetic excipients, of late more interest is being shown by researchers in he...
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