26. December 2015

Biopolymers are naturally occurring polymeric biomolecules. They are easily accessible, relatively cheap, can be synthetically altered and biodegradable. Locust bean gum and Xanthan gum is widely used ingredient in drug formulations due to their non interacting behavior with the drug and less toxicity. Microparticle formulations of celecoxib, a COX-2 inhibitor were formulated using Locust bean gum and Xanthan gum. More

28. October 2015

Introduction: Choline bitartrate (CBT) is a vital nutrient for fetal brain development and memory function. It is hygroscopic in nature which is associated with stability related problem during storage such as development of fishy odor and discoloration. Aim: Microencapsulation method was adopted to resolve the stability problem and for this hydrogenated soya bean oil (HSO) was used as encapsulating agent. More