The excipient usefulness of Carbosil® and Landolphia owariensis in two oil-based self- emulsifying formulations
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in them. Isotropicity, drug solubility, viscosity, emulsification time (EMT), drug release, aqueous dilution, postemulsification drug precipitation and refrigeration tests were carried out on the coconut oil (CO) and shea butter oil (SBO)-based SEFs. Results showed that only four out of nine batches of the SEFs passed the preformulation isotropicity test. A 100-mg quantity proved to be the maximum amount of drug that could be dissolved by the SEFs to form a stable solution. After 72 hrs all the SEFs still retained stability. All of CO SEFs witnessed remarkable phase separation or drug precipitation However, SBO SEFs having oil:surfactant:cosurfactant ratio of 35:45:20 and containing LOL or LOL-CARB blend lost isotropicity or displayed drug precipitation 6 months later. Refrigeration temperature did not introduce any form of instability or phase
separation. Similar viscosities were recorded by the two oil-based SEFs. However, little but inconsistent variation in viscosity was observed between SBO SEFS and LOL-containing SEFs. Aqueous dilution and postemulsification drug precipitation
test indicated absence of phase separation and drug precipitation, respectively. Drug-release studies showed that the t50 of SBO SEFs almost ranked equally with SBO SEFs containing LOL. CO SEFs emulsified at a longer time than those of SBO. SEFs distinctly recorded higher EMTs than those with LOL or CARB-LOL blend. In conclusion, solubility of ibuprofen was
improved, CARB gelled the SEFs while LOL reduced their EMTs.
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