LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation Name

API Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

GIT Gastro intestinal tract

GET Gastric emptying time

GRDF Gastro retentive dosage form

FDDS Floating drug delivery systems

USP United states pharmacopoeia

HCL Hydrochloric acid

ADH Antidiuretic hormone

RAAS Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

EC Ethyl cellulose

NAHCO3 Sodium bicarbonate

HPMC Hydroxy Propyl Methyl cellulose

MCC Micro Crystalline Cellulose

% Percentage

% w/v Percentage weight by volume

% w/w Percentage weight by weight

Sec Second

Min Minute

Hr Hour

mg/ml Milligram/Milliliter

ACE Angiotensin converting enzyme

µm Micrometer
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C Degree centigrade
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Rpm Rotations per minute

Gms Grams

GRT Gastric residence time

GRDDS Gastro retentive drug delivery system

Kg/cm2 Kilogram per centimeter square

mm Millimeter

≤ Less than or equal to

≥ Greater than or equal to

TFT Total floating time

µg microgram

mg milligram

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