*Correspondence to: Dalapathi Gugulothu,
Recent trends towards the use of natural mucilages demand the replacement of synthetic additives with natural ones. Today, the entire globe is showing interest on natural drugs and excipients as of their chemically inert, biocompatible, biodegradability, non-toxic, economic, eco-friendly and commonly available. In the present work we have extracted the mucilages from Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus jujuba fruits and evaluated for loss on drying, pH, swelling index, viscosity studies, bioadhesive strength, powder micromeritics properties, FTIR, DSC and XRD study and finally compared with the synthetic polymers (HPMC K4M CR, HPMC K15M CR, Na CMC and Carbopol® 974).The evaluation results of the above extracted mucilages are exhibited like synthetic polymers in case of micromeritics, bioadhesive strength and viscosity studies. Finally, it was concluded that the extracted mucilages were used as excellent pharmaceutical additives and good replacement for synthetic polymers.
Bioadhesive strength, mucilages, XRD and Ziziphus.
