Tamarind kernel gum: An upcoming natural polysaccharide

Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Gupta, V ^a   Puri, R ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Jain, S ^b   Rao, G K ^c  

^a MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AL AMEEN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioadhesive; Mucoadhesion; Sustained delivery; Tamarind seed polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; DICLOFENAC; ETHYL CELLULOSE; EYE DROPS; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; PARACETAMOL; POLYSACCHARIDE; RUFLOXACIN; SALICYLIC ACID; TAMARIND KERNEL GUM; TAMARIND SEED POLYSACCHARIDE; TERBUTALINE SULFATE; THEOPHYLLINE; TIMOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORNEA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRY EYE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOADHESION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET FORMULATION; TAMARIND;

EID: 79952139134     PISSN: 09758453     EISSN: 09762779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-8453.59512     Document Type: Review

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