FORMULATION AND EVALUARTION OF HARD CANDY LOZENGES INCARPORATING EMBELIN AND ANTHELMINTIC CLASS DRUG
Keywords:
Lozenges, Embelin, hard candy lozengesAbstract
Lozenges are a common form of dosage widely used in the pharmaceutical industry to treat local problems of throat and oral cavity. Embelin is a naturally occurring para-benzoquinone isolated from dried berries of Embelia ribes plant. Embelin possesses wide spectrum of biological properties like anti-oxidant, anti- tumour, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anthelmintic, anti-fertility and anti-microbial activity. So, to achieve the anthelmintic property of Embelin and by masking its better taste, hard candy lozenges were formed.




