Evaluation of Modified Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Mucilage as a Potential Pharmaceutical Excipient

Table 3

Analysis of tablets prepared from different samples of date palm mucilages.

Sr. No.	Pharmaceutical ingredient	Weight uniformity (mg)	Hardness (N)	Friability (%)	Disintegration time (min)	Dissolution rate (mL/min)
1	Crude mucilage	252.74 ± 1.055	98.60 ± 0.59	0.717	9.05	9.56
2	Purified mucilage	254.00 ± 1.15	99.12 ± 0.41	0.689	9.58	10.11
3	Acidic hydrolyzed mucilage	252.71 ± 0.05	93.38 ± 0.66	0.701	9.31	9.71
4	Basic hydrolyzed mucilage	253.30 ± 0.95	94.41 ± 0.22	0.680	8.93	10.37
5	Amylase hydrolyzed mucilage	253.30 ± 0.75	92.28 ± 0.19	0.702	9.00	9.82
6	Cellulase hydrolyzed mucilage	253.71 ± 1.022	92.65 ± 0.73	0.691	9.76	9.51
7	Polyacrylamide grafted mucilage	254.41 ± 1.82	85.16 ± 0.39	0.689	9.05	10.31
8	ZnONPs mucilage	252.81 ± 0.17	100.08 ± 0.51	0.686	8.94	10.34
9	CuONPs mucilage	252.52 ± 0.59	101.76 ± 0.82	0.691	8.98	10.26
10	AgNPs mucilage	253.27 ± 1.5	99.89 ± 0.13	0.693	8.33	10.05
11	AuNPs mucilage	254.24 ± 0.85	101.15 ± 0.85	0.720	8.21	10.20
12	HPMC	253.39 ± 1.27	93.10 ± 0.91	0.691	9.50	10.00
13	Paracetamol	253.32 ± 2.05	110.48 ± 1.96	0.694	8.56	10.44