Enhanced therapeutic approach for diabetic foot ulcers: comparative study and characterisation of mupirocin-loaded nanosponge gel with marketed formulation for accelerating wound healing and in vivo evaluation

Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Table 9 Results of stability studies of MP-NSs gel

Parameters	MP-NSs gel
Parameters	Initial	After 3 months at 4 ºC temperature	After 3 months at 25 ºC temperature	After 3 months at 37 ºC temperature
Physical appearance	White and opaque	No change	No change	No change
pH	6.3 ± 0.06	6.4 ± 0.03	6.2 ± 0.05	6.3 ± 0.04
Viscosity (Pa.s.)	1125 ± 6.93	1030 ± 3.46	1029 ± 5.29	1015 ± 6.57
Drug content (%)	88.48 ± 0.04	88.92 ± 0.34	87.54 ± 0.18	86.22 ± 0.03