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KAUSAR AHMAD
KULLIYYAH OF PHARMACY
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Ideal Types of
Properties
formulation excipients
Benzophenone, hydroquinone
Whitening Fruit extracts
Fish
Virility Herbs
Pleasant
Easy to apply feeling to the Non-toxic
skin
Incapable of
Free from side-
Non-harmful microorganism
effects
growth
Provide drug in a
Convenient to form for
Contain accurate
take or absorption or
dose
administer other delivery to
the target
Manufactured by a
process that does not
Retain quality
compromise
throughout shelf
performance and that is
life & usage period
reproducible and
economical
Physicochemical properties
Choice of vehicle
Categories of excipients
Stability
Bases from
mixtures of low
and high MW Liposomes Microemulsions
PEG
Fluorocarbon
Multiple emulsions
emulsions ultra low i
Cyclomethicones
Silicones
Dimethicones
Octyl stearate
Simple esters
Isopropyl palmitate
Cosmetic
Skin-feel, gloss/matte
Dermo-toxicology
Not sensitizing, non-comedogenic,
PHM4153 Dosage Design 2 2011/12
Examples of Lipids
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Wax Beeswax
Ether Dicaprilyl ether
Alcohols Cetyl alcohol
Acids Stearic acid
PHM4153 Dosage Design 2 2011/12
Choosing Oils
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Properties Limitation
Emollient effect
Shine
Lubricity
Spreadability Odour
Solvency Colour
Drying
Viscosity
Miscibility with other oils
Toxicity
Impurities
Cost
Non-polar Polar
Emulsifiers
Viscosity modifier
physiological
inertness
absence of conformance
pathogenic to regulatory
microbial agency
organisms requirements
no interference
with drug
bioavailability
w/o
o/w
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Penetration enhancers
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Alter water-binding
Hygroscopic effect capacity of
corneocytes
NaCl Low MW
glycerols
Sorbitol
PPG
glycerol Q. How does urea moisturise the skin?
Triethanolamine
NaoH
Sodium methyl/butyl/propyl
paraben
Imidazolidinyl urea
Zinc oxide
Titanium dioxide
Benzophenone
PHM4153 Dosage Design 2 2011/12
Other types of excipients
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Soothing
Allantoin
Anti-free radicals
Polyphenols
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Effects of excipients
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physicochemical
texture and consistency
properties
phase behaviour of
rheological, thermal
the component
and microscopical
emulsifiers.
hydration
solubility hygroscopicity swelling capacity
infrared
microbes
spectrum
7 m, empty spheres
10 m, porous
polyvalent cations
complexation
Cracked Hydrolysis or
cream oxidation
Discoloration Precipitation
Exercise:
18% absorbed from acetone vehicle
compared to only
4% absorbed from o/w emulsion
Q WHY?