Investigation of Corchorus olitorius mucilage as a potential mucoadhesive agent in developing in situ mucoadhesive nasal gel

2020 Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science  
The present study aimed to formulate a mucoadhesive in situ gel with mucilage extracted from Corchorus olitorius for the intranasal route. Propranolol HCl used as a model drug. For the comparative study, the mucoadhesive in situ gels were prepared using two different concentration 0.4% and 0.5% of C. olitorius mucilage, Carbopol P-934 and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose. The prepared in situ gel was subjected to characterization test, such as pH, appearance, gelation temperature, spreadability,
more » ... scosity, mucoadhesive strength, and in vitro study. From the comparative study, 0.5% mucilage containing in situ gel formulation can be considered as optimum formulation.
doi:10.7324/japs.2020.10612 fatcat:datazptlfrc45fls6ynjydkcnq