Abstract

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF CHEWABLE TABLET USING AMORPHOPHALLUS CAMPANULATUS DECNE TUBER EXTRACT

*Seema Firdouse, Dr. Jyoti Gupta and Parwez Alam

Abstract

The main objective of present work is to formulate and evaluate chewable tablet of Amorphophallus campanulatus decne tuber extract. Initially dried powder of Amorphaphallus campanulatus tubers were extracted with ethanol. Granules were prepared with help of extract by using wet granulation technique and evaluated by different methods i.e. Physical appearance of granules, Flow ability, Fines, Loss on drying, Bulk density, Tap density, Hausner ratio, Carr's index, Angle of repose. Finally chewable tablet was formulated and evaluated by using different methods like Physical appearance of tablets, Thickness of tablets, Weight variation, Hardness, Friability.

Keywords: Amorphophallus campanulatus, Ethanolic extract, Chewable tablet, Evaluation.