Mucoadhesive Formulation Designs for Oral Controlled Drug Release at the Colon.

Phuong H L Tran, Thao T D Tran

Current pharmaceutical design 2021

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Mucoadhesive formulations have been demonstrated to result in efficient drug delivery systems with advantages over existing systems such as increased local retention and sustained drug release via adhesiveness to mucosal tissues. The controlled release of colon-targeted, orally administered drugs has recently attracted a number of studies investigating mucoadhesive systems. Consequently, substantial designs, from mucoadhesive cores to shells of particles, have been studied with promising applications. This review will provide an overview of specific strategies for developing mucoadhesive systems for colon-targeted oral delivery with controlled drug release, including mucoadhesive matrices, cross-linked mucoadhesive microparticles, coatings and mucoadhesive nanoparticles. The understanding of the basic principle of these designs and advanced formulations throughout will lead to the development of products with efficient drug delivery at the colon for therapies for different diseases. Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.

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Phuong H L Tran, Thao T D Tran. Mucoadhesive Formulation Designs for Oral Controlled Drug Release at the Colon. Current pharmaceutical design. 2021;27(4):540-547