Research Article, J Pharm Drug Deliv Res Vol: 3 Issue: 1
Box-Behnken Designed Fluconazole Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles for Ocular Delivery
| Arun Kumar Chopra, Rakesh Kumar Marwaha, Deepak Kaushik and Harish Dureja* |
| Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, India |
| Corresponding author : Harish Dureja Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124 001, India E-mail: harishdureja@gmail.com |
| Received: January 28, 2014 Accepted: August 13, 2014 Published: August 16, 2014 |
| Citation: Chopra AK, Marwaha RK, Kaushik D, Dureja H (2014) Box-Behnken Designed Fluconazole Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles for Ocular Delivery. J Pharm Drug Deliv Res 3:1. doi:10.4172/2325-9604.1000121 |
Abstract
Box-Behnken Designed Fluconazole Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles for Ocular Delivery
The present study aimed to develop chitosan nanoparticles containing Fluconazole for ocular delivery using Box-Behnken design. The Fluconazole loaded chitosan nanoparticles were prepared by an ionic gelation method using Sodium tripolyphosphate (NaTPP) as cross linking agent. The effect of the factors - concentration of chitosan (x1), concentration of NaTPP (x2) and volume of NaTPP (x3) was studied on release of drug from nanoparticles. The results revealed that entrapment efficiency was highest at low level of chitosan concentration, high level of NaTPP concentration and low levels of NaTPP volume. The optimized batch (NP 3) showed encapsulation efficiency of 63.1%, particle size of 471 nm, ovoid shape surface morphology and in vitro cumulative percentage of drug release 39.19% in 7 h.
