Research Article
Physicochemical Equivalence and Quality Assessment of Various Brands of Gastro-Resistant Omeprazole Capsules in the Kumasi Metropolis
Table 3
Disintegration time and drug content of sampled brands.
| Brands | Average disintegration time (minutes) (n = 6) | Average % drug content (n = 10) |
| OM 1 | 02 : 46 ± 0.043 | 97.09 ± 0.05 | OM 2 | 02 : 52 ± 0.063 | 86.25 ± 0.13^ | OM 3 | 02 : 58 ± 0.013 | 108.06 ± 0.25 | OM 4 | 02 : 57 ± 0.013 | 79.18 ± 0.11^ | OM 5 | 02 : 06 ± 0.009 | 128.12 ± 0.21^ | OM 6 | 03 : 30 ± 0.006 | 91.99 ± 0.06 | OM 7 | 02 : 58 ± 0.008 | 100.66 ± 0.19 | OM 8 | 02 : 45 ± 0.004 | 107.06 ± 0.22 | OM 9 | 02 : 40 ± 0.067 | 118.20 ± 0.08 | OM 10 | 02 : 21 0.088 | 112.93 ± 0.03^ | OM 11 | 03.51 ± 0.009 | 97.09 ± 0.42 | OM 12 | 03 : 37 ± 0.024 | 102.39 ± 0.30 | OM 13 | 03 : 09 ± 0.033 | 101.72 ± 0.15 | OM 14 | 02 : 50 ± 0.066 | 95.46 ± 0.43 | OM 15 | 03 : 27 ± 0.089 | 123.27 ± 0.45^ | OM 16 | 01 : 37 ± 0.089 | 103.96 ± 0.05 |
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Sample passed the content test; ^sample failed the content test. |