A Review on Application of Plant Based Excipients on Pharmaceutical Formulations.

Abstract

Plants and their derivatives have made significant contributions to drug research for use as therapeutic agents or as excipients in the creation of novel drug delivery systems. Their usage keeps growing every day. The African sub-region has a lot of potential to become the next worldwide location for supplies of pharmaceutical excipient due to its abundant, untapped vegetation. In this effort, published articles on plants and their derivatives that have so far been used to alter medicine delivery are reviewed. The use of gums and mucilages as plant derivatives in either their native or modified forms for regulated medication administration has been thoroughly studied. Some of them have demonstrated drug release modification abilities comparable to numerous excipients used in medication delivery on a commercial scale. Many plants and plant-derived polymers are widely recognized as being safe, easily cultivable, effective as medicine additions, and capable of being altered to enhance any less desirable characteristics. Utilizing these advantageous aspects will allow for the best possible usage of these naturally occurring medicinal excipients.
Keywords: Binding agent, Excipients, Conventional formulation, Plant origin