Skin decontamination cream for radiological contaminants: Formulation development and evaluation
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- 1Departments of Pharmaceutics and Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar , New Delhi, INDIA.
- 2Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar,, New Delhi, INDIA.
- 2Division of CBRN Defence, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig S K Muzumdar Marg, New Delhi, INDIA.
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Javed Ali
Departments of Pharmaceutics and Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar , New Delhi, INDIA.
Volume 3, Issue 1 · pp. 54-59 · 2013 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.108964
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Background: Increased use of the radioactive materials in the field of research, medical, nuclear power plant, and industry has increased the risk of accidental exposure. Intentional use of the radioisotopes by terrorist organizations could cause exposure/contamination of a number of the population. In view of the accidental contamination, there is a need to develop self‑usable decontamination formulations that could be used immediately after contamination is suspected.Materials and Methods: Present work was planned to optimize and develop self‑usable radiation decontamination cream formulation. Various pharmaceutical parameters were characterized. 99mTc‑ sodium pertechnetate was used as radiocontaminant. Static counts were recorded before and after decontamination using single photon emission computed tomography.Results: Decontamination efficacy of the cream was found to be 42% ± 3% at 0‑0.5 h after the exposure. Primary skin irritancy test was satisfactory as no erythema or edema was observed visually after 2 weeks of the formulation application.Conclusion: The decontamination studies proved the potential of EDTA to remove the radiological contaminants effectively.
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Khan, A. W., Kotta, S., Rana, S., Ansari, S. H., Sharma, R. K., & Ali, J. (2013). Skin decontamination cream for radiological contaminants: Formulation development and evaluation. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 3(1), 54-59. https://doi.org/10.4103/2230-973X.108964
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