Research Article

Preparation and Characterization of Liquisolid Compacts for Improved Dissolution of Telmisartan

Table 2

Solubility of telmisartan at different solvents and media (mean ± SD; ).

MediaSolubility (mg/mL)Nonvolatile solventsSolubility (mg/mL)

Distilled water (pH 6.8)0.022 ± 0.02Tween 204.2 ± 0.61
0.1 N HCl (pH 1.2)0.549 ± 0.04Tween 805.5 ± 0.45
Acetate buffer (pH 4.5)0.033 ± 0.01PEG 2009.2 ± 0.86
Acetate buffer with 0.5% SLS (pH 4.5)0.233 ± 0.09PEG 6008.8 ± 0.22
Saline phosphate buffer (PBS) (pH 7.4)0.013 ± 0.01Propylene glycol3.2 ± 0.9
PBS with 0.5% SLS (pH 7.4)0.108 ± 0.04Transcutol P6.1 ± 0.42