Association of Permeability and Lipid Content of Membrane

Rat skin and goat cul de sac are mostly used in optimization of formulations as the model of human skin and cul de sac.

To explore the correlation between lipid content of rat skin and goat cul de sac and permeability.

Find out wavelength maximum for Sapat plus malam®, Ciplox eye ointment® and chloramphenicol eye caps and the standard curve was also derived. In vitro studies using Cellophane® membrane and ex vivo studies using rat skin or goat cul de sac of the formulations. Permeability coefficient, % dislodgeable dose, lag time, diffusion parameter, and partition coefficient were found for both studies after six and a half hours of penetration studies. Student's unpaired t-test with equal variance was used to find any statistically significant difference in the ex vivo and in vitro diffusion transport studies at 95% level of confidence.

Permeability coefficient of Sapat plus malam®, Ciplox eye ointment® and chloramphenicol eye caps were 0.000316 ± 0.0000625, 0.00416 ± 0.0001, 0.0034 ± 0.00004 for Cellophane® membrane and 0.0001 ± 0.000001, 0.002254 ± 0.0002, 0.00303 ± 0.0001 for ex vivo membrane in cm2/min, respectively. For all three formulations, there were calculated t values which were higher than tabulated t values at 95% of confidence level (P<0.05).

Cellophane® membrane shows a better diffusion than rat skin or goat cul de sac. In the optimization of formulation, only Cellophane® membrane is advisable to use.