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Gums and Mucilage as Multi-Functional Pharmaceutical Agent
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SHUBHAM SHIVSHANKAR PRAJAPATI, MADHAVI APTE
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Additives play a major role in all pharmaceutical dosage forms. The majority of the pharma sector is
progressively shifting their interest in natural drugs and excipients over synthetic ones. These days, large
amounts of pharmaceutical excipients are derived from natural origins. When it comes to natural excipient
gums and mucilage had played a vital role in performing multiple roles and, in certain instances, directly or
indirectly regulate its rate or extend of release of a drug such as tablet binders, emulsifier, disintegrating,
suspending, gelling agent and coating agent. But the research in this field is limited and many activities of gums
and mucilage have been unexplored. Plant-derived gums and mucilage’s comply with many of the criteria of
pharmaceutical excipients as they are non-toxic, safe, readily available, and with fewer regulatory concerns
than the synthetic once. In the present review we have discussed different sources of gums and mucilage, and
as a potential candidate for various pharmaceutical excipient such as binding , coating, microencapsulating,
gelling agent and as a potential candidate for various drug delivery such as colon targeted, ocular delivery along
with the cytoprotective nature and biological activity of some gums and mucilage. The purpose of the study is
to explore the ability of gums and mucilage as a natural excipient and in the development of different drug delivery systems in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Natural gums and mucilage, Natural Pharmaceutical excipients, Excipients in drug delivery, pharmaceutical application.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.02.356
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