Chocolate Formulation as Drug Delivery System

ISBN-13: 9783659367625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 120 str.

Sharma Mayank

Opis

Chocolate is highly sophisticated and infinitely more versatile food that is combined to create completely different taste and texture sensations. The objective of the present study is to develop a palatable chocolate formulation of Domperidone and Cetirizine for pediatric administration and to increase a patients desire to consume the medication. In this investigation chocolate base is prepared by use of cocoa powder, coco butter, lecithin, pharmaceutical grade sugar. Thereafter drug is incorporated to prepared chocolate base. The medicated chocolate prepared is evaluated for appearance, moisture content determination by digital Karl Fischer titrator, blooming test, drug content determination & drug excipient interaction by differential scanning calorimetry.

O autorze

Mayank Sharma is an Assistant Professor at School of Pharmacy, Devi Ahilya University, Indore,India.His areas of interest are Novel Drug Delivery Systems such as Nanoparticles,Liposomes,Buccal Drug Delivery Systems.He has several Research Publications at both National and International Level.