Research Article

Study of the Effect of Dillenia indica Fruit Mucilage on the Properties of Metformin Hydrochloride Loaded Spray Dried Microspheres

Table 2

In vitro evaluation of the metformin hydrochloride loaded spray dried microspheres prepared using mucilage of D. indica.

Formulation code Mean particle size (µm) ± SD; = 80 Drug entrapment
efficiency (%) ± SD;
Liquid uptake capacity in different media (%) ± SD; = 3
0.1 M HClWaterPhosphate buffer (pH 7.4)

SD162 ± 4.0943.67 ± 0.5812 ± 1.2226 ± 0.3942 ± 1.07
SD269 ± 2.3444.02 ± 1.0516 ± 0.5532 ± 0.6044 ± 0.66
SD378 ± 4.2447.05 ± 2.0120 ± 0.7448 ± 0.6248 ± 0.23
SD476 ± 3.5843.74 ± 1.2410 ± 0.8222 ± 0.2242 ± 0.08
SD577 ± 1.0845.13 ± 0.8312 ± 0.1916 ± 0.2343 ± 0.26
SD685 ± 4.0649.84 ± 1.6828 ± 0.4150 ± 0.3954 ± 0.14
SD783 ± 3.3444.78 ± 1.0912 ± 0.3442 ± 0.4252 ± 0.22
SD884 ± 2.1846.03 ± 2.0128 ± 0.2924 ± 0.3757 ± 0.14
SD993 ± 3.8753.17 ± 1.0618 ± 0.2552 ± 0.1162 ± 0.92
SD1078 ± 3.4747.33 ± 1.5717 ± 0.2522 ± 0.5348 ± 0.55
SD1185 ± 2.1152.73 ± 1.2311 ± 0.2418 ± 0.6245 ± 0.64
SD1298 ± 4.1355.12 ± 1.8328 ± 0.1454 ± 0.1366 ± 0.05