NYMPHAEA STELLATA: A POTENTIAL HERB AND ITS MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE

Nymphaea stellata is a perennial aquatic herb belongs to family Nymphaeaceae, with a short ovoid and acute root stock. It is found in ponds, lakes and ditches throughout Bangladesh, Africa and warmer part of India. Commonly referred to as “Water Liliesâ€, these plants have adapted to living in total water environment. Flower of N. stellata contain a lead compound Nymphayol (25, 26- dinorcholest-5-en-3β–ol) The structure was determined on the basis of X-ray crystallography and spectral data.The flowers of plant contain flavonoids, gallic acid, astrgalin, quercetin, and kaempferol. The activity has been reported the antihyperlipidaemic and antihepatotoxic. Recently, Nymphaea stellata flowers have been reported to have hepatoprotective activity against CCl4-induced hepatic damag

Evaluation of precompressed grannules prepared for chewable tablets of essential oils as alternative dosage forms

239-245Drug delivery systems play an important role in therapeutic performance of medicaments and their commercial success. Further these affect the improvement of medication compliance too. Hence, the comprised research work presents pharmacotechnical investigation of precompressed granules prepared for chewable tablets of peppermint and caraway oils as alternative dosage forms. In India, the two oils are used widely in different forms by common people for the relief of dyspepsia, gastric spasm and carminative purpose in the form of aromatic waters, soft gelatin capsules or as elixirs, moreover the people are taking several products as breath freshener. This approach of formulating these essential oils as chewable tablets enables the patient friendly administration of these oils for therapeutic purposes and provides simultaneously breath freshness to consumer in view of the urban lifestyle increasingly demanding the use of chewables as refreshing agents. Granules for tablet compression were formulated using hydroxylpropyl cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, mannitol & ProSolve SMCC, and were evaluated for pharmacotechnical parameters and drug content