title: Pharmaceutical applications of various natural gums, mucilages and their modified forms.
abstract: A large number of plant based pharmaceutical excipients are available today. Gums and mucilages are the most commonly available plant ingredients with a wide range of applications in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. They are being used due to their abundance in nature, safety and economy. They have been extensively explored as pharmaceutical excipients. They are biocompatible, cheap and easily available. Natural materials have advantages over synthetic ones since they are chemically inert, nontoxic, less expensive, biodegradable and widely available. They can also be modified in different ways to obtain tailor-made materials for drug delivery systems and thus can compete with the available synthetic excipients. Recent trend toward the use of plant based and natural products demands the replacement of synthetic additives with natural ones. In this review, we describe the pharmaceutical applications of various natural gums, mucilages and their modified forms for the development of various drug delivery systems.
authors: Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, SSR College of Pharmacy, Sayli-Silvassa Road, U.T. of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Sayli, Silvassa 396 230, India. vippra2000@yahoo.com
authors: Vipul D
authors: VD
authors: Prajapati
authors: Girish K
authors: GK
authors: Jani
authors: Naresh G
authors: NG
authors: Moradiya
authors: Narayan P
authors: NP
authors: Randeria
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods*; D062087:Plant Mucilage / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D062087:Plant Mucilage