FDA-Approved Natural Polymers for Fast Dissolving Tablets

Table 1

Natural polymers used in fast dissolving tablets.

S. no.	Natural polymer	Marketed drug	Disintegration time	Concentration used
1	Chitin and chitosan	Cinnarizine	60 sec	3% w/w
2	Guar gum	Glipizide	30 sec	1% w/w
3	Gum karaya	Amlodipine, granisetron hydrochloride	17.10 sec	4% w/w
4	Agar and treated agar	Theophylline	20 sec	1-2% w/w
5	Fenugreek seed mucilage	Metformin hydrochloride	15.6 sec	4% w/w
6	Soy polysaccharide	Lornoxicam	12 sec	8% w/w
7	Gellan gum	Metronidazole	155 sec	4% w/w
8	Mango peel pectin	Aceclofenac	11.59 sec	0.1–4% w/w
9	Lepidium sativum mucilage	Nimesulide	17 sec	5–15% w/w
10	Plantago ovata seed mucilage	Granisetron HCl	17.10 sec	5% w/w
11	Aegle marmelos gum	Aceclofenac	8–18 min	6% w/w
12	Locust bean gum	Nimesulide	13 sec	10% w/w
13	Lepidium sativum	Nimesulide	17 sec	10% w/w
14	Mangifera indica gum	Metformin HCL, paracetamol	3–8 min	6% w/w
15	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis mucilage	Aceclofenac	20 sec	6% w/w
16	Dehydrated banana powder	Ondansetron HCl/propranolol, gabapentin	15–36 sec	6% w/w