FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FAST DISSOLVING FILMS OF ECLIPTA PROSTRATE LEAVES EXTRACT TO TREAT MOUTH ULCERS

MANIKIRAN S. S.; NAGAM SANTHI PRIYA; B. AUBINE MOLLY; LAKSHMI PRASANTHI NORI

doi:10.22159/ijap.2021v13i5.41597

Authors

MANIKIRAN S. S. Department of Pharmaceutics, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi
NAGAM SANTHI PRIYA Department of Pharmaceutics, Vignan Pharmacy College, Vadlamudi
B. AUBINE MOLLY Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur
LAKSHMI PRASANTHI NORI Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Vadlamudi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijap.2021v13i5.41597

Keywords:

Eclipta prostrate, Extract, Oral films, Super disintegrants and mouth ulcer

Abstract

Objective: This research focused on the design of fast dissolving herbal film of Eclipta Prostrate leaves extract for mouth ulcers.

Methods: The extract of Eclipta Prostrata leaves was formulated as films by solvent casting method using various polymers viz., HPMC E5, HPMC E15, sodium alginate and PVA. The films were designed by using propylene glycol as a plasticizer, SSG as super disintegrate and honey as a sweetener. Furthermore, the films were evaluated for thickness, folding endurance, weight variation, % elongation, surface pH, % moisture uptake, % moisture loss, disintegration and in vitro drug release study.

Results: The revealed that all the films were good in appearance and had a smooth texture. Out of all ten formulations, F3 and F5 disintegrated rapidly with a disintegration time of 27 and 32 seconds. The drug release studies revealed that all the formulations had a good release profile, but the F3 formulation showed rapid release i.e. 83.57% in 4 min. The stability studies revealed that the formulations F3 and F5 were found good with non-tackiness, easily separable and disintegrated at 29 and 33 sec respectively with no appearance and drug release.

Conclusion: The research revealed that Eclipta prostrate leaves extract can be formulated into oral films for the treatment of mouth ulcers with improved bioavailability and expected patient compliance.

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