FORMULATION AND DESIGN OF EXTENDED RELEASE MATRIX TABLETS OF ZIDOVUDINE HYDROCHLORIDE: A STUDY ON EFFECT OF VARIOUS GRADES OF ETHOCEL AND HPMC

Authors

  • Harekrishna Roy Department of Pharmaceutics, Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Atmakur (Vill), Mangalagiri (M), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijpps.2018v10i3.24258

Keywords:

Zidovudine hydrochloride, Ethocel, Innovator, Compression, Hardness

Abstract

Objective: The current research was an attempt to formulate and design an extend release dosage form of zidovudine hydrochloride using various grades of ethyl cellulose (ethocel) such as ethocel 4CPS, ethocel 7 CPS and aqualon T10 Pharm EC with two grades of hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose (HPMC K4M and HPMC K15M).

Methods: Pilot scale batches of nine formulations were prepared using kollidon and adopting wet granulation technique. Physiochemical properties of tablet and granules were examined prior compression to get tablet. Tablets were characterized as drug content, percentage weight variation, thickness, Hardness, percentage friability and in vitro drug release pattern and studied for 12 hour in USP Type-II apparatus using 900 ml Phosphate buffer at 37±0.5 °C. The dissolution release profile of drug in tablet was performed by various drug release kinetic modelling.

Results: The result revealed formulation F8 containing ethocel 7CPS and aqualon T10 was able to delay the pure drug release for 12 h and followed Higuchi pattern. Whereas; formulations containing only ethocel 4CPS provided earlier drug release. Dissolution data of promising formulation were analysed with innovator formulation for similarity factor (f2), exhibited an acceptable value more than 50. FT-IR (fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy) and DSC (differential scanning calorimetry) study revealed no such incompatibility found between the pure drug and polymers but slight change in crystalinity were observed in XRD study (X-ray diffraction). SEM (scanning electron microscope) study revealed very rare intragranular pore and cavity.

Conclusion: From that, it can be marked as viscosity and selection of ethocel have great importance in delay drug release. 

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01-03-2018

How to Cite

Roy, H. “FORMULATION AND DESIGN OF EXTENDED RELEASE MATRIX TABLETS OF ZIDOVUDINE HYDROCHLORIDE: A STUDY ON EFFECT OF VARIOUS GRADES OF ETHOCEL AND HPMC”. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 138-44, doi:10.22159/ijpps.2018v10i3.24258.

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