Martín-Viaña NP, Rodríguez CJ, López HOD, González SML, Gil AJM, Fuste MVM, Nogueira MA

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 227-235
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: the use of natural raw materials as active ingredient is increasingly spreading in the drug industry for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. Justicia pectoralis Jacq.(Acantaceae) is a herbaceous plant traditionally used as sedative by the Cuban population which knows it as lime tea.
Objective: to develop syrup containing the dry extract from J. pectoralis 0.6 % m/v as active principle.
Methods: the formulation, microbiological and chemical/physical stability studies were performed on the product stored at room temperature in 125 mL amber-coloured glass containers.
Results: the syrup had adequate organoleptic characteristics and was stable from the microbiological, physical and chemical viewpoints for 36 months under the studied conditions.
Conclusions: this pharmaceutical was properly formulated from the galenic viewpoint and met all the set quality requirements for this type of pharmaceutical form.

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