11. September 2018
Oromucosal drug delivery is necessary when a local effect in the oral cavity is required. Bioadhesive formulations should be advantageous because a larger fraction of the active principal is retained at the site of action allowing for an enhanced and prolonged effect. Despite a variety of mucoadhesion test systems being described in literature, none of these in-vitro tests does relate to physiological conditions in the oral cavity and suites for the testing of complete dosage forms, e.g....
27. October 2016
Abstract Mucoadhesive in situ gelling systems (soluble gels) have received considerable attention recently as effective stimuli-transforming vectors for a range of drug delivery applications. Considering this fact, the present work involves systematic formulation development, optimization, functional evaluation and ex vivo performance of thermosensitive soluble gels containing dexamethasone 21-phosphate disodium salt (DXN) as the model therapeutic. A series of in situ gel-forming systems...
13. September 2016
Abstract The nasal absorption of macromolecules from powder formulations and the effect of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-Na) as a pharmaceutical excipient on their absorption were studied. Model macromolecules were fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled dextran (average molecular weight of 4.4kDa, FD4) and insulin. The plasma concentration of FD4 after application of the powder containing 50% starch (control) was higher than that after application of the solution, and the absorption from 50%...
19. February 2016
Purpose: The objective of the present study was to formulate and evaluate buccal patches containing combination of lisinopril (LP) and hydrochlorothiazide (HCZ). Approach: Films were fabricated by solvent casting method, using combination of mucoadhesive polymers such as hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyvinyl pyrolidone (PVP) and ethyl cellulose (EC) as backing layer. The patches were evaluated for physicochemical...
27. January 2016
With the introduction of mucoadhesion in 1980, pharmaceutical researchers have gained interest in mucoadhesive compositions. This interest has led to the development of mucoadhesive drug delivery systems aiming (I) to target a specific tissue, (II) to overcome barriers to absorption as well as (III) to control drug release of the therapeutic compositions. More
15. January 2016
Aim Assessment of preactivated carboxymethyl cellulose as potential excipient for buccal drug delivery. Methods Firstly, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and cysteine (SH) were covalently coupled via amide bond formation to obtain thiolated carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-SH). Further, preactivated carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-S-S-MNA) was obtained by preactivation with 2-mercaptonicotinic acid (MNA). Sulforhodamine 101 (SRH101) was used as a model drug for permeation study through buccal mucosa....