DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ORAL HERBAL FORMULATIONS OF LANTANA CAMARA EXTRACT
B. Ramya Sree
Department of Biotechnology, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati
Jyothi M. Joy
Department of Pharmacognosy, Sree Vidyanikethan College of Pharmacy, Tirupati
In the present investigation, orally administrable dosage forms of Lantana camara extract were developed. Two formulations from liquid class were designed and developed. By considering difficulty of solubility of herbal drugs in a vehicle, in one of the liquid class, decoction form of drugs in specific vehicle was used. This form of drugs hereafter considered as Liquid Oral Dosage Form of drugs. To prepare a liquid form with suspended particles of drugs, Suspension form was also designed. Formulated dosage forms then subjected to evaluation by different methods stated as per official compendia. Evaluation parameters observed optimum range of formulations which suggest suitability of such oral herbal dosage forms for the formulation of Lantana camara extract.
4 , 1 , 2014
23 - 25