Polymer Coating of an Optimized Nano Lipid Carrier System of Harpagophytum Procumbens Extract for Oral Delivery
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2017
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Harpagophytum procumbens is a traditional medicinal plant widely used in South African
traditional healthcare to treat a range of ailments like degenerative rheumatoid arthritis,
osteoarthritis, tendonitis, kidney inflammation, heart disease, dyspepsia and loss of appetite.
Analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of Harpagophytum procumbens has been reported to
decrease due to stomach acidity. In addition, dried plant extract is water soluble and has poor
lipid solubility severely limiting its ability to pass across lipid-rich biological membranes. To
overcome this, plant extract was incorporated into a nano lipid alginate coated bead.
Harpagophytum procumbens freeze dried aqueous extract was prepared and the active
principle harpagoside was identified by mass spectrometry (MS). A simple, linear, accurate
and precise UHPLC method was developed for quantitative determination of the bioactive
harpagoside. Harpagophytum procumbens was encapsulated in lipid vesicles (liposomes and
phytosomes) by using a dry film hydration technique and characterized for particle size,
polydispersity index and encapsulation efficiency.
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