Pysllium Drug Delivery
Pysllium is a suitable carrier for the sustained release of drugs and is also used as a gastroretentive carrier due to its swellable and floatable nature. The mucilage of isabgol is used as a super disintegrant in many formulations. (Wikipedia,Pysllium, 2/24/2011)
Recent Journal Articles
2/25/2011
Slow release of ciprofloxacin from double potential drug delivery system
(2587-2599) Journal of Materials Science 46 #8 (2011)
Singh, Sharma and Sharma, India, functionalized psyllium with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and poly(acrylamide) [poly(AAm)] for treating diverticulitis as well as an antibiotic treatment by the laxative action of psyllium and release of ciprofloxacin in acontrolled manner.. The release of the drug from the hydrogels occurred through Fickian diffusion mechanism in pH 2.2 and pH 7.4 buffer. (RDC 2/22/2011)