Vol. 8, Issue 6 (2019)

Author(s):
Ranjana Dubey, Tripti Pendharkar, Utpal Jana, Abhijeet Soni, Mrutyunjaya Satpathy, Milan Hait and Sandhya Rani Panda

Abstract:
Medicinal plants are widely used as a source of life saving drugs over the world. They play an important role in drug discovery process and are exclusively used to develop a meaningful therapeutic agent. These natural medicinal agents have enormous benefits and can be used as an alternative to synthetic one and are being used to develop the drugs. The present study is aimed to develop a fast dissolving tablets containing hydroalcoholic leaf extract of Nyctanthes arbortristis to treat inflammation associated with arthritis. Nyctanthes arbortristis is commonly known as Night-flower Jasmine, Coral Jasmine and Parijat. Arthritis is a disorder which affect joint and cause joint pain and stiffness. The fast dissolving tablets are prepared by direct compression method using other excipients. The prepared tablets are evaluated for in vitro.The results showed good compressibility of the powdered extract with the fast release of constituents from the tablets.