Diffusion of betamethasone 17-Valerate from palm olein-based vehicle

• Main Authors: Win, Thazin, Ahmad, Kausar, Md. Jaffri, Juliana, Edueng, Khadijah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/44989/1/Symposium_CRDDS2014_DiffusionBetamethasone_kausar20151007.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/44989/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The current study aims to produce pharmaceutical formulation using palm olein as the oil phase with betamethasone 17-valerate as the active ingredient and to compare efficacy with that of commercial products. Creams were prepared using Span® 20 and Tween® 20 as surfactants, Carbopol® 940 as thickene...