Abstract The aim of present work was to investigate the role of liquisolid technique in improving dissolution of high dose Progesterone. Progesterone-PEG 400 dispersions were prepared and evaluated for technological properties, and further formulated into liquisolid tablets using Neusilin US2 and Syloid 244 FP as a carrier and coat respectively. Due to polymorphic behavior of Progesterone, liquisolid tablets were investigated by XRPD, DSC and SEM, whereas, improvement in dissolution was studied...
Abstract The colon is a promising site for drug targeting owing to its long transit time and mild proteolytic activity. The aim of this study was to prepare new low methoxy amidated pectin/NaCMC microspheres cross-linked by a mixture of Zn2+ and Al3+ ions and test their potential for colonic targeting of progesterone. A 24 factorial design was carried out to optimize the preparation conditions. High drug entrapment efficiency (82–99%) was obtained and it increased with increasing drug...