From Powder to Pill: The Development of Sufoof-e-Muhazzil into Tablet for Weight Management

The study was under taken to develop Sufoof-e-Muhazzil a Unani Pharmacopeial formulation well-known for its efficacy in the management of saman-e-mufrat (obesity) since centuries, in to advance tablet form for the better compliance of the patients. The different batches were developed after carry out the pre-compression study parameters and most appropriate batch was further selected for physico-chemical standardization. The standard operative procedures (SOPs) and in process quality control parameters were establish for reproducibility and to avoid batch to batch variation.The present study will pave the way for the further advancement of traditional dosage form and upgrade them to meet the criterion of emerging herbal pharmaceutical industry to provide the time tested safe and effective formulation to treat the obesity with the quality assured advance tablet in terms better compliance to end user.