Pharmaceutical evaluation of plantain peel pectin as a disintegrant in conventional tablets

Pharmaceutical evaluation of plantain peel pectin as a disintegrant in conventional tablets

Plantain peels are a potential source of raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry. In Ghana, most of the pharmaceutical excipients used by local companies are synthetically produced and imported from developed countries. One such excipient is pectin, a polysaccharide used as a disintegrating a...

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Main Authors: Desmond A.B. Otu, Frederick W.A. Owusu, Mariam E. Boakye-Gyasi, Raphael Johnson, Marcel T. Bayor, Prince G. Acquah Jnr, Yayra Edzor-Agbo, Mary-Ann Archer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2025-05-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
Subjects:
biopolymer
disintegrant
excipients
immediate-release tablets
plantain peel pectin
Online Access:https://sajs.co.za/article/view/18894
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