[Study of local anaesthetics--Part 194. Evaluation of carbopol hydrogels with lidocaine]. / Stúdium lokálnych anestetík--6ast' 194. Hodnotenie karbopolových hydrogélov s lidokaínom.

The objective of this article is to describe the formulation and evaluation of dermal semisolid drugs--carbopol hydrogels containing the solution of Bukofit, zinc chloride and the local anaesthetic lidocaine. The hydrogels were evaluated after 2, 7, 14 and 28 days after their preparation and stored at the temperature of 5 degrees C +/- 0.2 degrees C. All prepared hydrogels were found to be stable with respect to pH values and rheological parameters. It follows from the found rheological parameters and flow curves that all evaluated hydrogels belong to non-Newtonian thixotropic systems. The extensometric analyses revealed increased deformation values, indicating that the gels can be easily spread out over the mucous membrane which results in the increased ability of the drug to diffuse into it. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that the prepared hydrogels have appropriate technological parameters and therefore in the future they may become potential drugs for the treatment of various inflammations in the oral cavity.

Evaluation of aqueous preparations from herbal drugs.

The paper presents results obtained within analysis of aqueous preparations obtained from the herbal drugs, (APHD) which are available in pharmacy as mass produced drugs. In particular, the following drugs were analyzed: CYNAROFIT, L'ALIAFIT, Tinctura belladonnae, Tinctura gentianae, Tinctura chinae a Tinctura valerianae made by Calendula, j.s.c.--Slovakia and Tinctura valerianae made by IVAX-Czech republic. Tictura valerianae magistraliter was prepared in a laboratory. The APHDs were analyzed under the following aspects: amount of dry matter, density, index of refraction, pH value, content of ethanol, influence of the light on these parameters as well as the global appearance of samples. In parallel to that, the stability of samples Tinctura valerianae prepared by two different manufacturers and the samples of magistraliter preparations were compared. It was found that storing samples delivered by Calendula j.s.c. does not significantly influenced their stability neither in the light nor in the dark, kept at the temperature of 20-25 degrees C over the time interval of 6 months. All samples were in agreement with the norms of companies as well as with both Czechoslovak (CSL 4) and Slovak (SL 1) pharmacopoeias. Besides, the results obtained show that a kind of extraction methods (percolation, maceration) does not influence neither quality nor stability of the samples Tinctura valerianae.