Research Article

Application of Design of Experiment for Polyox and Xanthan Gum Coated Floating Pulsatile Delivery of Sumatriptan Succinate in Migraine Treatment

Table 4

Evaluation of FPRTs.

Batch codeHardness
(Kg/cm2)
Buoyancy time
(sec)
Drug release after lag time
(%)
Lag time
(h)

F15.5 ± 0.145 ± 393.77 ± 24 ± 0.5
F26.5 ± 0.2900 ± 671.56 ± 38 ± 0.1
F36 ± 0.133 ± 569.21 ± 57 ± 0.1
F46 ± 0.240 ± 494.71 ± 24 ± 0.3
F57 ± 0.2900 ± 892 ± 34 ± 0.4
F66 ± 0.135 ± 284.1 ± 44 ± 0.3
F76.5 ± 0.160 ± 497.87 ± 12 ± 0.5
F86 ± 0.155 ± 298.69 ± 27 ± 0.1
F96 ± 0.150 ± 383.15 ± 36 ± 0.1

; values are expressed in mean ± SD (standard deviation).