FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF CHEWABLE TABLET USING AMORPHOPHALLUS CAMPANULATUS DECNE TUBER EXTRACT
*Seema Firdouse, Dr. Jyoti Gupta and Parwez Alam
ABSTRACT
The main objective of present work is to formulate and evaluate
chewable tablet of Amorphophallus campanulatus decne tuber extract.
Initially dried powder of Amorphaphallus campanulatus tubers were
extracted with ethanol. Granules were prepared with help of extract by
using wet granulation technique and evaluated by different methods
i.e. Physical appearance of granules, Flow ability, Fines, Loss on
drying, Bulk density, Tap density, Hausner ratio, Carr's index, Angle
of repose. Finally chewable tablet was formulated and evaluated by
using different methods like Physical appearance of tablets, Thickness
of tablets, Weight variation, Hardness, Friability.
Keywords: Amorphophallus campanulatus, Ethanolic extract, Chewable tablet, Evaluation.
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