“…They can be categorized as: (a) Prodrug approach (Riley & Turnberg, 1990;McLeod et al, 1994); (b) Pressure-based systems (Muraoka et al, 1998;Jeong et al, 2001); (c) The temporal control of delivery (Steed et al, 1997;Del Curto et al, 2009); (d) pH-based systems (Klein et al, 2005;Basak & Adhikari, 2009;Sareen et al, 2014), and (e) Enzyme-based systems (Xi et al, 2005;Varshosaz et al, 2006;Kshirsagar et al, 2011;Ramasamy et al, 2013;Rai et al, 2014). Polysaccharides which undergo hydrolysis of their glycosidic bonds by the microflora of the colon appear to be the most promising because of their attractive properties, such as wide availability, low cost of production, low toxicity and biodegradability (Chourasia & Jain, 2004).…”