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Formation of Dispersible Taohong Siwu Tablets
Published on: February 3, 2023
Exploring the potential of solid dispersion for improving solubility, dissolution & bioavailability of herbal
Debadatta Mohapatra1, Ashish K Agrawal1, Alakh N Sahu1
1Phytomedicine Research Lab., Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India.
Abstract:
Most drugs' poor aqueous solubility has emerged as a significant challenge in achieving proper therapeutic response following oral administration. Herbal drugs are being used from time immemorial to prevent, mitigate, and cure multiple diseases. However, most of the bioactives phytoconstituents possess limited aqueous solubility & poor oral bioavailability. Solid dispersion (SD) has been realised as an efficient formulation to overcome hydrophobic candidates' solubility issues and improve their oral bioavailability. The current review mainly explores the potential of SD for improving solubility, dissolution & bioavailability of herbal extracts, enriched fractions, and isolated bioactives. Hence, basics of SD, selection of excipients, need for SD of plant products, SD of plant products, selection of preparation method, the chemistry of phytoconstituent-excipient interaction, and hurdles associated with SD of herbal extract/enriched fraction were explored in this review. The SD has the potential to overcome solubility, dissolution, and oral bioavailability issues of poorly soluble phytoconstituents.
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