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As a general rule, <strong>the</strong> powder compressibility decre<strong>as</strong>ed when <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong>superdisintegrants w<strong>as</strong> incre<strong>as</strong>ed in all <strong>for</strong>mulations (Table 3.2). In many c<strong>as</strong>es <strong>the</strong> presence<strong>of</strong> MCC (disintegrant nature) and mannitol (soluble diluents) h<strong>as</strong> been reported to facilitatetablet disintegration. However, this w<strong>as</strong> not observed in our studies <strong>as</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>mulationsprepared in <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> superdisintegrants showed high disintegration times (data notshown). As a result <strong>the</strong> improved disintegration times observed in this study should not beattributed to <strong>the</strong> existence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> a<strong>for</strong>ementioned excipients.Table 3.2: Physical properties <strong>of</strong> powder blends and compressed tablets (n = 3).F2 F6 F7 F10 F11 F13 F14Bulk density 29.00 35.00 36.30 33.70 37.30 38.30 42.30(g/cm 3 )Tapped 25.00 30.30 31.70 30.30 32.00 34.30 38.00density(g/cm 3 )Density 1.35 1.40 1.40 1.35 1.33 1.36 1.35(g/cm 3 )Carr‘s Index 13.8 13.40 12.60 10.10 14.20 10.44 10.16(%)Tensile 6.05 10.40 9.44 8.97 7.21 9.73 9.93strength(kP/cm 2 )Porosity 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.16 0.13 0.15 0.15As is shown in Table 3.1 superdisintegrants with concentrations varying from 5-20%,under different compaction <strong>for</strong>ces, were tested to evaluate <strong>the</strong>ir effect on <strong>the</strong> ODTsdisintegration times. In general, <strong>the</strong> concentration <strong>of</strong> a superdisintegrant influences <strong>the</strong>relationship between <strong>the</strong> applied compaction <strong>for</strong>ce and <strong>the</strong> disintegration time [32] . For <strong>the</strong>purposes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study four different grades <strong>of</strong> crosslinked N-Vinylpyrrolidone (XL, XL10,CL, CL-SF) and sodium croscarmellose (Viv<strong>as</strong>ol ® ) were evaluated. The selectedsuperdisintegrants differ in <strong>the</strong>ir particle size distribution, particle shape, porosity,compressibility, flowability and disintegration mechanism. The CL and CL-SF grades act <strong>as</strong>51 | P a g e

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