Enhancement of miotic potential of pilocarpine by tamarind gum based in-situ gelling ocular dosage form

Acta Pharmaceutica Sciencia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Mehra, Gilhotra Ritu ^a,b   Manish, Mathur ^b   Rashi, Saroot ^b   Neeraj, Gilhotra ^a,b   Mishra, D N ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SGV University   (India)

Author keywords

Alginate glaucoma; In situ gelling solution; Pilocarpine tamarind gum

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CHITOSAN; GELLING AGENT; PILOCARPINE; TAMARIND GUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE IRRITATION; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; GELATION; GOAT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PUPIL; RABBIT; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; TAMARIND;

EID: 77954180908     PISSN: 13072080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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