Formulation of Wound Healing Transdermal Patch from Tubers Extract of Momordica Cymbalaria and its In-vitro Evaluation

Abstract

Developing wound infection in type Ⅰ or Ⅱ diabetic people had risk complications like gangrene. Although there are enough antibiotic ointments or creams, still it needs physician dressing and continuous monitoring of wound. So, to make it simple and more effective, a combination of transdermal drug delivery route with herbal usage contribute in controlled release of medication with minimum undesirable side effects. And also help to treat wound infections by self-medication. This work is focused, to formulate wound healing transdermal patch for diabetics with Momordica cymbalaria tuber extract. A sequence of techniques was performed to analyse antioxidant content then Starch assay was performed In vitro to evaluate its healing efficacy, determine cytotoxicity using zebra fish embryos and artemia salina using hexane extract of tuber. Optimized combination is used to prepare Patch by solvent evaporation method then evaluated the patch by organoleptic and physico-chemical properties. The result proofs, the tuber extract had Strong Antioxidant activity whereas weak cytotoxicity showed in two concentration (25 and 50µg/ml) towards brine shrimp lethality assay and fish embryo toxicity. High migration rate found in 25µg/ml and 50µg/ml in scratch assay using Human Epidermal Keratinocytes. Evaluated the patch for its organoleptic and physico-chemical properties, it shows good result. As a final observation of the study, bio compounds present in tuber extract proved to enhance wound healing and could pave way as alternate to the synthetic wound healing patches owing to its ecofriendly, economical and herbal nature be natural replacement to hasten wound healing especially in diabetic patients.