College of Pharmacy

Under the patronage of the dean of the College of Pharmacy, the Associated Prof. Dr. Zena A. Al-Thanoon, a Viva voce for the Thesis submitted by the postgraduate student, Ala’a R. Al-Taei was run on Thursday, Jan the 27th. 2022.The thesis entitled” Preparation, in-vitro evaluation and pharmaco-dynamic study of minoxidil topical emulgel”The study involved preparing Eight formulae of minoxidil loaded nanoemulsion and conducting different investigational studies such as measurement of pH, electrical conductivity, percent of light transmittance, drug content and entrapment efficiency, droplet size, polydispersity, zeta potential, and thermodynamic stability studies to determine the optimum formulae.The results of this study have lead to the conclusion that nanoemulgel is considered an advanced technique for enhancing delivery with prolonged contact time, enhanced permeation, and consequent enhanced pharmaco-dynamic effect of minoxidil.