Abstract

A REVIEW ON NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM: A RECENT TREND

Nitin Kolpe*, Akash Kale, Chetan Gore, Jayesh Kolhe, Himanshu Kumar, Kalpesh Khairnar

ABSTRACT

Plants are nature’s remedies and have been used by human beings on earth since ancient times for food and medicine. Today there are global movements towards finding of herbal medicaments in plants to bring them in market via a suitable drug delivery system for mankind. The basic thought behind it is treatment of each disease is hidden in nature. However, delivery of herbal drugs also requires modification with the purpose to achieve sustain release, to increase patient compliance etc. previously herbal drugs could not attract scientists towards the modifications of novel drug delivery systems due to processing, standardizing, extracting and identification difficulties. But now days with the advancement in the technology, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS) open the door towards the development of herbal novel drug delivery system. With use of advance techniques protection from toxicity, enhancement in stability, improved bioavailability of herbal formulations, protection from physical and chemical degradation can be achieve. Novel drug delivery technologies have gained the importance to achieve modified delivery of herbal drugs their by increasing the therapeutic value as well as reducing toxicity. The present reviews gives information regarding various novel techniques used for improving safety and efficacy of phytomedicines and application of novel formulation.

Keywords: New drug delivery system, Phytosome, Nanoparticles, Microsphere, Transdermal Drug Delivery System.