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Formulation Development and Pharmaceutical Evaluation of Lysiphyllum strychnifolium Topical Patches for Their Anti-inflammatory Potential

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Topical drug delivery systems are interesting and popular dosage forms for formulation development. Thai herbs are used in alternative medicine to treat patients suffering from severe illnesses. They have significant… Click to show full abstract

Topical drug delivery systems are interesting and popular dosage forms for formulation development. Thai herbs are used in alternative medicine to treat patients suffering from severe illnesses. They have significant economic and cultural value in Thailand. This work prepared Thai herbal topical patches of Lysiphyllum strychnifolium stem extracts using pectin and Eudragit® NM 30D, and glycerin as a plasticizer. Astilbin was selected as a chemical marker in L. strychnifolium stem extracts. The L. strychnifolium stem extracts showed a statistically significant decrease in nitrate accumulation. The various properties of Thai herbal topical patches were not significantly different from blank patches. However, the trends of the properties depended on the amount of Eudragit® NM 30D. All ingredients were homogeneously mixed in Thai herbal topical patches and showed a smooth and compact film. The astilbin content was found in a range of 52.72–63.36 μg/cm2. The in vitro release of astilbin depended on the amount of Eudragit® NM 30D. The kinetics of astilbin release were fitted to the Korsmeyer-Peppas model. The astilbin showed low permeation; thus, polyethylene glycol 400 was used as a permeation enhancer. Polyethylene glycol 400 could increase the permeation rates of astilbin and the cumulative amount of astilbin in pig skin. This would be suitable for preparing the Thai herbal topical patches and could be developed for pharmaceutical and herbal products.

Keywords: herbal topical; thai herbal; formulation development; topical patches; lysiphyllum strychnifolium

Journal Title: AAPS PharmSciTech
Year Published: 2022

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