Sugarcane Bagasse as the Source of Nanocrystalline Cellulose for Gelatin-Free Capsule Shell

Table 5

Disintegration test results of the capsule shells from NCC produced from sugarcane bagasse waste added with hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) and carbopol.

Variation of NCC capsules with HPMC	Disintegration time (minutes)						Average time (minutes)	Standard deviation
	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6
NCC 1%	7.32	5.53	5.57	8.12	6.18	8.24	6.82	1.23
NCC 2%	3.00	4.21	4.33	3.55	2.14	4.46	3.61	0.91
NCC 4%	4.30	4.24	3.54	10.23	4.08	3.46	4.97	2.59
NCC 7%	9.27	8.56	7.59	10.23	8.23	10.36	9.03	1.09

S = sample.