Metformin hydrochloride has relatively short plasma half-life, low absolute bioavailability. The need for the administration two to three times a day when larger doses are required can decrease patient compliance. Sustained release formulation that would maintain plasma level for 8-12 h might be sufficient for daily dosing of metformin. Sustained release products are needed for metformin to pro...

Objective: Azelnidipine, a long-acting dihydropyridine based calcium channel blocker, on oral administration, the drug undergoes extensive first pass metabolism. Delivery of azelnidipine (AZP) via transdermal route would minimize some of the deficiencies associated with the oral delivery and increase the bioavailability of the drug. In the present study, is to investigate the development and ev...

The aim of the present study was the formulation of a novel chewable tablet containing the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory bumadizone calcium (BZ) to deliver the drug to the colon for the local treatment of ulcerative colitis. Colon targeted granules were prepared following 32 full factorial design. The effect of two independent variables, namely, polymer type (Eudragit ® S100, Eudragit ® L100,...

The investigation was concerned with design and characterization of oral controlled release matrix tablets of Zidovudine (AZT) in order to improve efficacy and better patient compliance. Tablets were prepared by direct compression method using various proportion of hydrophilic polymer viz; Eudragit RS100 and RL100 along or in combination with hydrophobic polymer ethyl cellulose. In vitro releas...

In order to analyze the influence of methods to design antireflection coatings (ARCs) on reflectivity of broadband solar cells, we provide detailed analyses about the ARC coupled with a window layer and the refractive index dispersion effect of each layer. By multidimensional matrix data simulation, two methods were employed to measure the composite reflection of a SiO2/ZnS double-layer ARC wit...

Tizanidine HCl is a centrally acting α-2 adrenergic agonist muscle relaxant. It is slightly bitter in taste. In the present study an attempt has been made to prepare bitterless fast dissolving tablet of Tizanidine Hydrochloride using Eudragit E 100 as a taste masking agent. Mass extrusion was the technique used for preparing taste masked granules. The tablet was prepared with three super disint...

A combination of magnetic resonance imaging and x-ray microcomputed tomography has been used to visualize the development of the internal micro-structure within compressed tablets made from a combination of insoluble particles (Eudragit, a polymer) and soluble particles (diltiazem hydrochloride, a drug), during dissolution in water. Air voids in the tablet are seen to coarsen. The size distribu...