Comparative Quality Evaluation of Selected Brands of Cefuroxime Axetil Tablets Marketed in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

Table 2

Evaluated physicochemical properties of sampled brands of cefuroxime axetil (250 mg) tablets.

Sample code	Average weight (g), n = 20	(%) Friability, n = 10	Uniformity of width (mm), n = 10	Disintegration time, n = 6	Hardness (kg/f), n = 10	Drug content (%)
A	0.450 ± 3.29	0.22	6.7 ± 0.02	4.21	8.9 ± 0.03	99.41
B	0.456 ± 3.61	0.22	6.7 ± 0.03	4.29	9.2 ± 0.01	99.17
C	0.570 ± 3.84	0.18	6.8 ± 0.01	4.55	10.4 ± 0.06	98.52
D	0.479 ± 4.36	0.41	6.7 ± 0.04	4.49	9.4 ± 0.02	98.14
E	0.431 ± 3.44	0.47	7.7 ± 0.01	3.30	8.2 ± 0.03	97.31
F	0.551 ± 2.87	0.18	7.2 ± 0.01	6.16	7.9 ± 0.01	98.05