This paper is published in Volume-4, Issue-1, 2018
Area
Pharmaceutics
Author
Abhijeet P. Shirguppe, Amit M. Belekar, Prashant S. Salian
Org/Univ
Kolhapur District Chemists Association's Institute of Pharmacy, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Pub. Date
28 February, 2018
Paper ID
V4I1-1426
Publisher
Keywords
Alfuzosin, Floating, Gellan Gum, In Situ gel, Sustained, etc

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Abhijeet P. Shirguppe, Amit M. Belekar, Prashant S. Salian. Formulation and Evaluation of Floating Sustained Release In Situ Gel as Carrier for Stomach Specific Drug Delivery of Alfuzosin, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Abhijeet P. Shirguppe, Amit M. Belekar, Prashant S. Salian (2018). Formulation and Evaluation of Floating Sustained Release In Situ Gel as Carrier for Stomach Specific Drug Delivery of Alfuzosin. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 4(1) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Abhijeet P. Shirguppe, Amit M. Belekar, Prashant S. Salian. "Formulation and Evaluation of Floating Sustained Release In Situ Gel as Carrier for Stomach Specific Drug Delivery of Alfuzosin." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 4.1 (2018). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

In-situ forming polymeric formulations drug delivery systems is in sol form before administration in the body, but once administered, undergoes gelation in-situ to form a gel, from which drug gets released in sustained and controlled manner. The formulation of gel depends upon factors like temperature modulation, pH changes, presence of ions and ultra-violet irradiation. The objective of this study was to develop a novel in- situ gel system for sustained drug delivery of Alfuzocin using natural biodegradable polymers. The system utilizes polymers that exhibit sol-to-gel phase transition due to change in specific physico-chemical parameters. In-situ gel was formed at a biological pH. Gellan gum used as a polymer and CaCO3 was used as a cross-linking agent. In vitro release studies were conducted in 0.1 N HCl and cumulative amount of drug release was analyzed by spectrophotometry. From designed set of experiments, it was evident that formulation containing Gellan gum control the release of drug for longer duration. The in-situ gel exhibited the expected viscosity, drug content, pH, in vitro gelling capacity, in vitro floating ability and sustained drug release. The stability studies were carried out for 3 month.