Quality Evaluation of Ethambutol Hydrochloride Tablet Batches Available in Governmental Health Facilities of Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Physicochemical characteristics (weight variation and assay test) for ethambutol hydrochloride 100 mg tablet batches included in the study (n = 3).

Code for batches	Weight variation (mean ± SD)	UB	LB	value	Assay (%) (mean ± SD)	MDT
F1-ET001	120.00 ± 1.36901	119.36	120.65		104.0 ± 1.89	25.68
F2-ET002	119.71 ± 2.02959	118.77	120.66		102.7 ± 1.62	20.62
F3-ET003	119.76 ± 1.50971	119.06	120.47		103.81 ± 1.36	21.08
F4-ET004	118.94 ± 1.83058	118.09	119.80		104.01 ± 1.39	21.31
F5-ET005	119.04 ± 1.88721	118.16	119.92		103.00 ± 1.93	31.94
F6-ET006	114.11 ± 2.12634	113.12	115.11		104.00 ± 1.84	27.45

SD = standard deviation; UB = upper bound; LB = lower bound; MDT = mean dissolution time.