MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611008838 A) filed by Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on Jan. 29, for 'a herbal nanocarrier composition and method for ph-responsive, colon-targeted drug delivery.'
Inventor(s) include Nandini Sharma.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a herbal nanocarrier-based drug delivery system for colon-specific administration. The system comprises one or more standardized herbal bioactive compounds encapsulated within a biodegradable polymeric nanocarrier matrix and further coated with a pH-sensitive polymeric layer. The nanocarrier matrix protects the herbal bioactives from premature degradation and release in the acidic and neutral environments of the stomach and small intestine. Upon exposure to colonic physiological conditions, the pH-sensitive coating undergoes controlled dissolution or degradation, enabling selective and localized release of the encapsulated herbal bioactive compounds in the colon. In one embodiment, the composition comprises 5-20% w/w herbal bioactive compounds, 40-70% w/w biodegradable polymeric nanocarrier matrix, and 5-20% w/w pH-sensitive polymeric coating, along with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients."
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