Research Article
Formulation of Suppositories of Alum Produced from Bauxite Waste in Ghana for the Treatment of Hemorrhoid
Table 4
Quality control evaluation of various suppository formulations.
| | Formulation | Weight variation (n = 20) | Disintegration time (min) (n = 6) (mean ± SD) | Content of alum in suppository ± SD (%) (n = 10) |
| | BS1 | Pass | 6.21 ± 0.09 | 97.97 ± 0.986 | | BS2 | Pass | 8.28 ± 0.12 | 96.46 ± 1.666 | | BS3 | Pass | 9.58 ± 0.20 | 97.41 ± 1.097 | | BS4 | Pass | 10.36 ± 0.10 | 95.04 ± 3.161 | | BS5 | Pass | 14.69 ± 0.33 | 94.41 ± 3.359 | | BT | Pass | 5.26 ± 0.10 | 99.31 ± 1.446 | | TH | Pass | 3.11 ± 0.14 | 98.36 ± 3.088 | | ST1 | Pass | 2.10 ± 0.07 | 94.88 ± 3.112 | | ST2 | Pass | 2.56 ± 0.17 | 99.74 ± 2.803 | | ST3 | Pass | 3.19 ± 0.08 | 96.31 ± 2.157 |
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BS: beeswax with shea butter; BT: beeswax with theobroma oil; TH: theobroma oil; ST: shea butter with theobroma oil. SD = standard deviation.
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