Abdulkarim, Muthanna F.
(2010)
Formulation And Characterization Of Palm Oil Esters
Based Nano-Cream For Topical Delivery Of Piroxicam:
Study Of In Vitro Release And In Vivo Anti-Inflammatory
And Analgesic Effects.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
During recent years, there has been increased interest in the use of topical vehicle
systems that could assist drug permeation through the skin. The drugs of interest usually
those causing or having problems when given orally, e.g., easily hydrolyzed in the
gastro-intestinal tract, poor bioavailability or to cause adverse reactions. One such drug
is piroxicam, a highly effective anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic and analgesic but causes
gastro-intestinal ulcers and bleeding. One of the most promising vehicle systems for
trans-dermal permeation of drugs is a nano-cream, a semisolid emulsion with droplet
size of 20-200 nm. The main purpose of this study is to formulate a novel nano-cream
containing piroxicam for topical delivery and to use palm oil esters (POEs) a new
derrivetised palm oil as the oil phase. In the initial study, pseudoternary phase diagrams
of water, POEs and non-ionic surfactant mixture of several HLB values were
constructed and several promising nano-cream formulae were selected. The stability
under different temperatures and other properties of the formulations including the
rheological behaviour, zeta potential, droplet size and structural characteristics of the
formulation and Solubility and partition coeffecient of piroxicam were studied.
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