Potential of plant mucilages in pharmaceuticals and therapy

Current Drug Delivery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-207

  Wadhwa, Jyoti ^a   Nair, Anroop ^b   Kumria, Rachna ^c  

^a BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Mucilages; Pharmaceutical Additive

Indexed keywords

ACECLOFENAC; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLOROQUINE; DICLOFENAC; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DISINTEGRATING AGENT; DRUG ADDITIVE; FAMOTIDINE; FUROSEMIDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GELLING AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUM ARABIC; GUM TRAGACANTH; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOMETACIN; ISPAGULA; METFORMIN; NIMESULIDE; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL; SULFADIMIDINE; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BINDING; DRUG FORMULATION; FENUGREEK; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; HEARTBURN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INDIGESTION; LITSEA; MATRIX TABLET; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OCIMUM; OKRA; PLANTAGO ASIATICA; PLANTAGO OVATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUINCE; REVIEW; SINAPIS ALBA; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; WOUND; WOUND HEALING; YAM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLANT MUCILAGE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84876820139     PISSN: 15672018     EISSN: 18755704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1567201811310020006     Document Type: Review

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