Dhiren P. Shah

Dhiren P. Shah is an assistant professor at C.K. Pithawala Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, Surat, India.

The authors modified gellan gum using microwave technology and showed it can be used as an excipient in tablet formulations.

Natural gums and mucilage are biocompatible, cheap, readily available, and represent a potential source of excipients. The authors examine the functionality of mucilage extracted from the leaves of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn as an excipient in a sustained-release tablet formulation.

Natural gums and mucilage have been widely explored as pharmaceutical excipients. The goal of this study was to extract mucilage from the leaves of Aloe barbadensis Miller and to study its functionality as an excipient in pharmaceutical sustained-release tablet formulations.