Development and Evaluation of Oral Herbal Formulations of Lantana Camara Extract

1 National Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Research, Moti Bagh Road, Patiala, Punjab, India. 2 Department of Pharmacognosy, Hindu College of Pharmacy, Guntur, A.P. 522002, India. 3 Faculty of Pharmacy, R.P. Educational Trust Group of Institutions, Karnal, Haryana, India. 4 NRI College of pharmacy, Krishna Dt., A.P., India. * Corresponding Author’ Email: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT: In the present investigation, orally administrable dosage forms of Lantana camara extract were developed. Two formulations from liquid class were designed and developed. By considering difficulty of solubility of herbal drugs in a vehicle, in one of the liquid class, decoction form of drugs in specific vehicle was used. This form of drugs hereafter considered as Liquid Oral Dosage Form of drugs. To prepare a liquid form with suspended particles of drugs, Suspension form was also designed. Formulated dosage forms then subjected to evaluation by different methods stated as per official compendia. Evaluation parameters observed optimum range of formulations which suggest suitability of such oral herbal dosage forms for the formulation of Lantana camara extract.