¹Department of Pharmaceutics, Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Narsapur, Medak (Dt), Telangana – 502313
²Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, St. Mary’s Group of Institutions Guntur, Chebrolu (V&M), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India – 522212
³Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Quest International University Perak, 30250 Ipoh, Malaysia DOI : 10.35333/jrp.2019.35 Numerous medications, which have a tight restorative window and are consumed predominantly in the stomach have been created as a gastroretentive conveyance framework. Vildagliptin, an antidiabetic, is exceedingly temperamental at fundamental pH and is widely retained from the stomach. Henceforth there is a need to build up a gastroretentive framework. In this investigation a superporous hydrogel was created as a gastroretentive medication conveyance framework. Superporous hydrogels were readied utilizing a gas forming method utilizing N', N'- BIS as the crosslinking operator and polyvinyl Alcohol as a composite specialist. Swelling practices of the superporous hydrogel in acidic arrangement were concentrated to explore their applications for gastric maintenance gadget. The ideal arrangement state of superporous hydrogels was gotten from the swelling and in vitro medication discharge thinks about. FT-IR, SEM and DSC contemplates were utilized to portray the similarity between polymers. As the grouping of crosslinker expanded from 0.5 to 3% the porosities diminished. In reenacted gastric liquid superporous hydrogels demonstrated a decent increment in harmony swelling limit. Checking electron infinitesimal pictures plainly showed the arrangement of interconnected pore and slim channels. Portrayal thinks about uncovered that the expansion in crosslinker focus is beneficial from the swelling proportion, and yet the decline in porosity may prompt abatement in medication discharge rate by dispersion through these narrow channels. The medication discharge from superporous hydrogels appeared for a drawn out timeframe. Structure the discharge energy it uncovered that sedate pursues the Non – Fickian mechanism. FTIR and DSC ponders uncovered that there were no critical collaborations between the drug and polymers. In light of the portrayal thinks about, it was uncovered that superporous hydrogels could be utilized as a gastroretentive medication conveyance framework for vildagliptin in perspective on their swelling and delayed medication discharge qualities in acidic pH. Keywords : Vildagliptin; superporous hydrogel; crosslinking agent; polyvinyl alcohol; swelling ratio