Formulation and evaluation of herbal floating tablets
Raghu College of Pharmacy, Visakhapatnam, India.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2025, 30(01), 152-162.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2025.30.1.0005
Publication history:
Received on 28 November 2024; revised on 06 January 2025; accepted on 08 January 2025
Abstract:
Herbal tablets are oral dosage form that float in stomach and remain there for long period of time. They are designed to improve the bioavailability of drugs and deliver them locally to the stomach. Floating tablets can offer several advantages, including sustained drug delivery and site- specific drug. This review explains about the advantages, disadvantages, applications, general formulation factors. General excipients used, methods of manufacturing, Evaluation parameters were described briefly. Brief note on pre- compressional studies of powder blend, preparation of floating tablets and post compression studies of tablets were mentioned.
Keywords:
Herbal floating tablets; Amla; Ginger; Fenugreek; Isabgola husk; Cellulose
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