[Technology and analysis of "Askoeziuofito" tablets]

Medicina (Kaunas). 2003:39 Suppl 2:25-9.
[Article in Lithuanian]

Abstract

The objective of this work is to produce chewable tablets out of Echinacea purpurea liquid extract (1:1) and ascorbic acid: to create the technology, to select methods of analysis and to examine stability. The paper describes the technology of tablets: a method of condensation is chosen; the influence of additional substances over tableting is established; pressing characteristics of tableting mixtures are examined. The quality of tablets is evaluated in terms of appearance and technological rates: average tablet mass, hardness against pressure, hardness against wearing, time of disintegration, and speed of ascorbic acid secretion. The identity of ascorbic acid, ferments and hydroxycinamon acid was established. Quantities of ascorbic and chicory acids were defined. The tablets produced were named "Askoeziuofito" tablets. The name consists of abbreviated terms of ascorbic acid, Echinacea plant and phytochemical preparation.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Ascorbic Acid* / analysis
  • Drug Compounding
  • Echinacea* / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Plant Extracts* / analysis
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Tablets

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Tablets
  • Ascorbic Acid