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Case Study Of Ketoconazole

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8. SUMMERY AND CONCLUTION Topical route is the most commonly used route for drug administration through different route of administration are used for the delivery of drugs, topical route remain the preferred mode.
NLC are lipid nanoparticles. They offer a great potential to reduce the side effect of drug and increase the therapeutic effectiveness as topical drug delivery system. Ketoconazole is an imidazole derivative with broad spectrum antifungal activity. Ketoconazole interacts with 14 α-dimethylase, a microsomal cytssochrome P-450 dependent enzyme system, thus impair the biosynthesis of ergosterol for the cytoplasmic membrane and leads to the accumulation of 14 α-methyl sterols. It is commonly available as an over the counter (OTC) substance …show more content…

Identification studies of drug Ketoconazole indicated that the supplied drug was matching with standards as prescribed in I.P procedures. A UV absorption maximum of drug was found to be 244 nm. Purity of drug was checked by FTIR result showed that drug was available in the pure form. Solubility Profile of Ketoconazole different solvents indicated that the drug was freely soluble in methanol and Methylene chloride and insoluble in water,ether and slightly soluble in PBS( pH 7.4),Dichloromethane and very slightly soluble in chloroform, alcohol etc. Partition coefficient of the drug was found to be 5.057 in n-octanol:Phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4) suggesting the drug to be lipophilic in nature. Standard curves of Ketoconazole were prepared in different fluids i.e. PBS (pH 7.4) and methanol. The R2 values are 0.9987, 0.9983 and a straight line was obtained in both the cases in the range of 2-20g/ml. This confirms that the Beer-Lambert's law was followed in the used range in UV Spectroscopy.
Ketoconazole loaded NLC gel has the potential to be an efficient, viable, safe and cost effective system for administration of Ketoconazole on account of biodegradability, biocompatibility, suitability for topical application and low …show more content…

Varying concentration of Lipid and oil was used for the preparation of Ketoconazole loaded NLC to get a clear solution with complete solubility of drug, which also shows the increased drug content. Therefore the ratio of lipid and oil i.e. 3:1 was selected and drug content was found to be 93.00%
Ketoconazole loaded NLC gel was prepared by stirring

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