INTRODUCTION Pulsatile Drug delivery systems are gaining a lot of interest as they deliver the drug at the right site of action at the right time and in the right amount, thus providing spatial and temporal delivery and increasing patient compliance. Pulsatile Drug Delivery systems are basically time-controlled drug delivery systems in which the system controls the lag time independent of envir...

Microemulsions are clear transparent, thermodynamically stable dispersion of oil and water, stabilized by interfacial film of surfactant frequently in combination with a co-surfactant. Recently there has been a considerable interest for microemulsion formulation, for the delivery of hydrophilic as well as liphophlic drug as drug carriers because of its improved drug solubilisation capacity, lon...

It is, sometimes, desirable to maintain a constant plasma drug concentration within the therapeutically effective concentration range. The use of high viscosity hydromiscible vehicles such as hydrophilic gels, is one of various approaches for controlled drug delivery, and represents an important area of pharmaceutical research and development. Of these systems, Pluronic F-127 (PF-127) provides ...

In this study, attempts were made to evaluate the effect of various acrylic acid based Carbopols on the release profile of a beta-adrenoreceptor blocking drug, propranolol HCl, from matrix-type tablets invitro. For this purpose, tablets containing 160 mg of propranolol HCl along with various amounts of Carbopols 934 (C934), 971 (C971), 974 (C974) and Pemulen (Pem) were prepared using the wet gr...

The aim of current study was to investigate the effect of Brij decoration of liposomes on in vitro and in vivo characteristics of the nanocarriers. Two hydrophilic Brij surfactants (Brij 35 and Brij 78) with almost similar molecular weight but differing in acyl chain were incorporated into liposomal bilayers at two percentages (5% and 10%). Conventional liposomes (CL) containing egg phosphatidy...

Carbon nanomaterials such as multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and graphene oxide (GO) have been functionalized by highly hydrophilic and biocompatible poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) for loading and delivery of an anticancer drug, camptothecin (CPT). For the first time, CPT was loaded onto MWCNT-PVA and GO-PVA through π-π interactions and its capability to kill human breast and skin cancer cells...

The surfaces of biodegradable peptide nanospheres with density-controllable poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) brush layers were amenable to high levels of control, from hydrophilic 'stealth' properties to hydrophobic adsorptive properties depending on the PEG density in response to environmental conditions -'intelligent' properties that are expected to be useful for novel drug delivery systems.

Mathematical analysis is presented of the water transport and drug release from hydrophilic tablets coated with impermeable coatings. Numerical solutions are provided for a number of cases of partial coating. It is shown that depending on the restriction provided to the tablets by the coating, Fickian or non-Fickian transport can be

Meloxicam (MLX) is non-steroidal anti -inflammatory, poorly water soluble, highly permeable drug and the rate of its oral absorption often controlled by dissolution in gastrointestinal tract. Solid dispersion (SD) an effective technique for enhancing solubility such drug.
 The present study aims to enhance MLX SD solvent evaporation method using sodium alginate (SA), hyaluronic acid (HA), ...

Glycol chitosan (GC) is the derivative that capable of forming amphiphilic nanoparticles upon structure modifications at reactive functional amine group on polymer sugar backbone. Owing to hydrophilic feature GC and hydrophobic moieties can be added structure, modifiable nanosystems were constructed entrap poorly soluble drugs, mostly chemotherapeutic agents several anti-inflammatory, anaesthet...