Research Article
Investigation of Acid-Base Indicator Property of Plumbagin from Plumbago zeylanica Linn
Table 2
Percentage recovery of ibuprofen BP using plumbagin as an indicator.
| Percentage purity | Phenolphthalein | Plumbagin | Percentage recovery |
| 99.50 | 98.80 | 99.30 | 100.00 | 99.30 | 99.30 | 100.00 | 98.80 | 98.80 | 99.50 | 99.80 | 100.30 | 99.00 | 99.30 | 100.30 | 99.50 | 99.80 | 100.30 | 99.00 | 99.80 | 100.81 | 100.00 | 99.80 | 99.80 | 99.50 | 99.80 | 100.30 | 100.00 | 99.80 | 99.80 | 99.00 | 99.30 | 100.30 | Mean ± SEM = 99.94 | Acceptance criteria = 98%–102% |
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SEM: standard error of mean.
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