Abstract

HERBAL EXCIPIENT USED IN DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM

Niket Bajare*, Vedanti Yambal, Omprakash Bende and Vidhyawati Khedkar

ABSTRACT

The use of herbal excipient to deliver the bioactive agent has been hamped by the synthetic material. Advantages of herbal excipient being non-toxic, less expensive & freely available. Performance of excipient partly determines the quality of medicine. Earlier used herbal excipients are Artocarpus heterophyllus, Bauhinia racemosa, Grewia optiva, Aegle, magnifera indica, Cederela. novel drug delivery system are developed to address the challenges of drug development such as bioavailability, permeability & poor solubility .global excipient market are expected to grow rapidely in the pharmaceutical industry. The article gives an over view of herbal excipient which are used in conventional dosage form as well as novel drug delivery system.

Keywords: Herbal excipient, Artocorpus heterophyllus, Aegle.