Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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ISSN: 2167-0412
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ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan
Review Article
Natural Excipients Applications in Conventional Pharmaceutical Formulations -Part I
Author(s): Ameen Alwossabi, Eltayeb S. Elamin, Elhadi M. M. Ahmed and Mohammed Abdelrahman*
The form in which drugs are prepared is considered as an important determinant of its bioavailability. In pharmaceutical formulations, excipients offer add-on characteristic properties as integrity, stability, solubility, and patient compliance to those intrinsic properties exhibited by the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Natural excipients are nowadays gaining a global interest compared to the synthetic ones being nontoxic, biocompatible, less expensive and widely available. This review describes the major conventional pharmaceutical applications of natural excipients... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0412.21.10.397