Background: Buccal drug delivery is a fascinating research field. Gel-based formulations present potent characteristics as buccal systems since they have great physicochemical properties. Methods: Among the various gels, in situ gels that are viscous colloidal systems consisted of polymers when physiological conditions change (pH, temperature, ion activation) shift to the gel phase. These systems can improve bioavailability. Other systems such as nanogels or emulgels can be also applied for buccal delivery with promising results. Polymeric gel-based systems can be produced by natural, semisynthetic, and synthetic polymers. Their main advantage is that the active molecules can be released in a sustained and controllable manner. Several gels based on chitosan are produced for the entrapment of drugs demonstrating efficient retention time and bioavailability, due to chitosan mucoadhesion. Besides polysaccharides, poloxamers and Carbopol are also used in buccal gels due to their high swelling ability and reversed thermal gelation behavior. Results: Herein, the authors focused on the current development of mucoadhesive gel systems used in buccal drug delivery. After explaining buccal drug delivery and mucoadhesion, various studies with hydrogels, in situ gels, and nanogels were analyzed as buccal gel systems. Various mucoadhesive gel studies with mucoadhesive polymers have been studied and summarized. This review is presented as valuable guidance to scientists in formulating buccal mucoadhesive drug delivery systems. Conclusions: This review aimed to assist researchers working on buccal drug delivery by summarizing buccal drug delivery, mucoadhesion, and buccal mucoadhesive gel systems recently found in the literature.

Essential oils generally show significant antimicrobial activity.Herein,the aim was to obtained the volatileoils ofElettaria cardamomum Maton., Lavandula angustifolia Mill. and Salvia triloba L. and to investigate the antimicrobial activity of mouthwashes formulated with different combinations of E. cardamomum, L. angustifolia and S. triloba essential oils (v/v; 0.1/0.25/0.1; 0.2/0.25/0.1; 0.3/0.1/0.1 in 10 mL).The antimicrobial evaluation was performed using the disc diffusion method against the human pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, Escherichia coli NRLL B-3008,Bacillus cereus 14579, Salmonella typhiiclinical isolated. In the present study, among the tested bacteria, S. typhii was the more sensitive to the moutwash formulations, while B. Cereusand E. coli were the most resistant.

This study was designed for the analytical method development and validation for Calcium butyrate (CAB) using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). ¹H and ¹³C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis were carried out to examine the molecular structure. For HPLC analysis, a blend of acetonitrile and phosphoric acid solution (0.1%) (20:80) (v/v) was used as a mobile phase. A C18 column (5 µm, 250 × 4.6 mm) was used as a stationary phase. The eluent of CAB was monitored with a UV detector at a wavelength of 206 nm and a flow rate of 1 mL/min. According to the results, FTIR and NMR spectra were consistent with the structural characteristics of CAB, and the expected proton and carbon signals were observed. During the HPLC analysis, due to the ionization of CAB, three distinct retention times were observed in the chromatograms at 3.4, 4.5, and 7.4 min. The validation was performed according to ICH guidelines. The obtained results demonstrated that the analytical method was successfully validated, with LOD values of 1.211, 0.606, and 1.816 µg/mL, and LOQ values of 3.670, 1.835, and 3.676 µg/mL. The assay displayed a linear range of 5–1000 µg/L concentration and was found suitable for further formulation content analysis.