Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems interact with the mucus layer covering the mucosal
epithelial surface, and mucin molecules and increase the residence time of the dosage form …

The buccal route of administration has a number of advantages including bypassing the
gastrointestinal tract and the hepatic first pass effect. Mucoadhesive films are retentive …

Buccal delivery of the desired drug using mucoadhesive polymers has been the subject of
interest since the early 1980s. Advantages associated with buccal drug delivery have …

Extensive research on transmucosal drug delivery in the past few decades has resulted in
the clinical application of several drug molecules through the buccal route. Interestingly …

Prolonged contact time of a drug with a body tissue, through the use of a bioadhesive
polymer, can significantly improve the performance of many drugs. These improvements …

Purpose. To investigate the suitability of an SCMC(sodium carboxymethyl
cellulose/polyethylene glycol 400/carbopol 934P) and an HPMC(hydroxypropylmethyl …

A new formulation for topical administration of drugs in the oral cavity has been developed
using several film-forming and mucoadhesive polymers. The films have been evaluated in …

The aim of this work was to develop and characterize chitosan/gelatin films as innovative
mucoadhesive system for buccal delivery of propranolol hydrochloride. FT-IR and TGA …

The aim of this study was to develop chitosan film containing fucoidan and to investigate its
suitability for the treatment of dermal burns on rabbits. Porous films, thickness between 29.7 …

Mucoadhesive buccal films were developed using tamarind seed xyloglucan (TSX) as novel
mucoadhesive polysaccharide polymer for systemic delivery of rizatriptan benzoate through …