Open AccessGrewia gum as a potential aqueous film coating agent. I: Some physicochemical characteristics of fractions of grewia gum
Author(s) -
Ikoni J. Ogaji,
Ignatius S Okafor,
Stephen W. Hoag
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.106575
Subject(s) - solubility , excipient , aqueous solution , grewia , chemistry , film coating , fractionation , thermal stability , particle size , chromatography , rheology , nuclear chemistry , coating , materials science , organic chemistry , traditional medicine , composite material , medicine
Grewia gum has received attention as a polymeric pharmaceutical excipient in the recent times, being employed as a suspending, film coating, mucoadhesive, and binding agent. The low aqueous solubility, however, has limited its characterization and application.