Research Article

Formulation and Evaluation of Galantamine Gel as Drug Reservoir in Transdermal Patch Delivery System

Table 2

Percentage of drug release at 8 h from different gel formulations (mean ± S.D.; ).

Factors Weight percentage (% w/w)Drug release percentage at 8 h (%)

Carbopol amount0.50
1.0032.47 ± 0.23
2.0017.79 ± 0.08
5.0012.48 ± 0.05

Triethanolamine amount1.0066.42 ± 0.51
3.00
5.001.37 ± 0.00

Galantamine hydrobromide amount1.0014.71 ± 0.04
3.00
5.0097.94 ± 0.50

Propylene glycol amount0.001.35 ± 0.00
1.001.37 ± 0.01
5.0026.33 ± 0.24
10.00

denotes the repeated formulations, with the same composition.