COLON TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM: A REVIEW
AbstractDay by day there are new developments in field of colon specific drug delivery system. Colonic drug delivery has gained increased importance not just for the delivery of the drugs for the treatment of local diseases associated with the colon like Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, etc. but also for the systemic delivery of proteins, therapeutic peptides, anti-asthmatic drugs, antihypertensive drugs and anti-diabetic agents. New systems and technologies have been developed for colon targeting and to overcome pervious method’s limitations. Colon targeting holds a great potential and still need more innovative work. This review article discusses, in brief, introduction of colon along with the novel and emerging technologies for colon targeting of a drug molecule.
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IJPSR
R.B. Desi Reddy, K. Malleswari*, G. Prasad and G. Pavani
Department of Pharmaceutics, Nalanda institute of Pharmaceutical sciences, Kantepudi, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
malleswarirao24@gmail.com
26 September, 2012
03 December, 2012
15 December, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.4(1).42-54
01 January, 2013
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