FORMULATION AND STABILITY OF HEPTAMINOL DROPS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Several aqueous solvents were tried for the formulation of Heptaminol base in oral drops. Also, some stabilizing agents were evaluated for their action on the stability of Heptaminol base in the selected solvents. It was observed that distilled water conferred the best stability to Heptaminol base even when compared to market drope. Inclusion of 0.1 percent sodium thiosulphate in the latter solvent seems to be ineffective for further stabilization. In other solvents, the antioxidants tried largely detracted from the stability of Heptaminol base. In addition, 50 percent sorbitol in water was clearly found the worst solvent with regards to Heptaminol stability.