Previous work has shown strong interactions between pig gastric mucins and a highly deacetylated chitosan. Recently, mucins purified from different areas of the porcine stomach have been shown to differ in terms of their oligosaccharide substitution and net charge. How this regional variation may affect the properties of these mucins is of great interest in terms of the specificity of mucoadhes...

The objective of the present study was to prolong the delivery of the active drug in the oral cavity using a suitable carrier such as in situ gel which can effectively deliver the drug for an extended duration of time hence not only reduce the systemic side effects but also improve the therapeutic efficacy, patient compliance. Buccal drug delivery systems are better suitable for antifungal drug...

Address for correspondence Mr. Arshad Bashir Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy, #12/1, Chikkabellandur, Carmelaram Post, Bangalore560035, India. Phone No: +91 9740379897 E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of the present study was to formulate and evaluate mucoadhesive films containing Ketoconazole (KT) for the treatment of vag...

Microparticles loaded gels (MPLGs) are colloidal drug carriers in the microand submicron range. These systems were developed to overcome solubility problems of poorly soluble drugs as well as for long acting injectable depot formulations and specific drug targeting options. The main objective for these systems was to improve the classical aqueous eye drop formulations which have major disadvant...

Conventional ophthalmic solutions often eliminate rapidly after administration and cannot provide and maintain an adequate concentration of the drug in the precorneal area. To solve these problems, we developed a pH in situ gelling and mucoadhesive ophthalmic drug delivery system containing ketotifen fumarate based on gellan gum. The pasture of ocular drug delivery is one of the fascinating and...

the purpose of this study was to design and optimize an oral controlled release acyclovir mucoadhesive tablet, in term of its drug release and mucoadhesive strength. a 32 full factorial design was employed to study the effect of independent variables like carbopol-934p and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose k100m, which significantly influence characteristics like swelling index, ex-vivo mucoadhesiv...

The aim of the present investigation was to prepare and evaluate novel bioadhesive vaginal tablets containing clotrimazole loaded microspheres in order to provide long-term therapeutic activity at the site of infection. Tablets were prepared by incorporating drug loaded microspheres and using bioadhesive polymers hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and Carbopol. Microsph...

Accepted May 7, 2013 The aim of the present investigation was to prepare and evaluate novel bioadhesive vaginal tablets containing clotrimazole loaded microspheres in order to provide long-term therapeutic activity at the site of infection. Tablets were prepared by incorporating drug loaded microspheres and using bioadhesive polymers hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose a...

A variety of approaches have been studied in the past to overcome the problems encountered with the delivery of antifungal, for effective treating of oral and vaginal candidiasis. In this study, a novel mucoadhesive tablets with pH-independent drug release characteristic was prepared by chitosan and carbopol® 71G interpolymer complex (IPC) claims for multipurpose use. Precipitation method is em...

The objective of the present study was to design ophthalmic delivery systems based on polymeric carriers that undergo sol-to-gel transition upon change in temperature or in the presence of cations so as to prolong the effect of HP- β -CD Voriconazole (VCZ) in situ gelling formulations. The in situ gelling formulations of Voriconazole were prepared by using pluronic F-127 (PF-127) or with combin...