Potential and Comparative Tablet Disintegrant Properties of Pectin Obtained from Five Okra Genotypes in Ghana

Table 4

Physical and mechanical properties of paracetamol batches produced using different concentrations of the okra pectin as disintegrant.

Formulation code	Average weight (g) n = 20	Tablet thickness (mm) n = 20	Tablet diameter (mm) n = 20	Hardness (kg/F) n = 6	Friability (%)	Disintegration time (DT) (min) n = 2	Drug content (%) n = 3
F1	0.630 ± 0.003	3.70 ± 0.093	13.07 ± 0.235	5.60 ± 0.539	0.330	11.40 ± 0.265	99.61 ± 0.03
F2	0.630 ± 0.001	3.98 ± 0.073	13.04 ± 0.009	4.88 ± 1.308	0.139	14.20 ± 0.398	99.61 ± 0.07
F3	0.620 ± 0.001	3.78 ± 0.145	13.03 ± 0.015	7.38 ± 2.46	0.005	10.40 ± 0.447	100.12 ± 0.01
F4	0.620 ± 0.001	3.61 ± 0.092	13.06 ± 0.025	5.92 ± 1.264	0.002	8.90 ± 0.566	99.92 ± 0.10
F5	0.621 ± 0.002	3.96 ± 0.104	13.08 ± 0.051	6.44 ± 1.405	0.011	19.20 ± 0.100	99.82 ± 0.03
F6	0.620 ± 0.001	3.76 ± 0.099	13.07 ± 0.025	4.02 ± 0.861	0.005	9.87 ± 0.640	99.75 ± 0.08
F7	0.630 ± 0.002	3.74 ± 0.043	13.03 ± 0.011	6.4 ± 0.57	0.000	10.60 ± 0.148	99.82 ± 0.10
F8	0.632 ± 0.002	3.87 ± 0.132	13.02 ± 0.085	4.92 ± 0.719	0.002	9.09 ± 0.122	99.30 ± 0.04
F9	0.629 ± 0.002	3.88 ± 0.112	13.04 ± 0.015	8.14 ± 2.519	0.002	11.08 ± 0.898	97.46 ± 0.01
F10	0.631 ± 0.002	3.95 ± 0.109	13.05 ± 0.017	8.60 ± 2.742	0.005	12.22 ± 0.867	98.26 ± 0.03
F11	0.631 ± 0.005	3.94 ± 0.134	13.04 ± 0.017	6.74 ± 2.703	0.009	19.39 ± 0.145	99.59 ± 0.11
F12	0.621 ± 0.002	3.78 ± 0.087	13.05 ± 0.401	4.62 ± 0.563	0.174	9.39 ± 1.07	99.56 ± 0.03
F13	0.629 ± 0.001	3.68 ± 0.094	13.05 ± 0.012	6.56 ± 0.467	0.265	10.98 ± 0.989	99.71 ± 0.01
F14	0.621 ± 0.002	3.87 ± 0.068	13.09 ± 0.025	6.20 ± 0.663	0.742	8.78 ± 1.023	99.00 ± 0.10
F15	0.630 ± 0.003	3.67 ± 0.096	13.07 ± 0.018	7.34 ± 2.062	0.017	10.53 ± 0.895	97.63 ± 0.20
F16	0.630 ± 0.002	3.72 ± 0.203	13.04 ± 0.008	3.74 ± 1.152	0.002	10.49 ± 1.023	99.29 ± 0.03
F17	0.631 ± 0.003	3.88 ± 0.138	13.08 ± 0.013	7.10 ± 0.866	0.256	25.04 ± 0.987	101.36 ± 0.02
F18	0.639 ± 0.002	3.82 ± 0.067	13.08 ± 0.045	7.42 ± 0.287	0.196	9.05 ± 0.989	99.00 ± 0.11