INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY
Vol 31 No 1, 2020 In Press

OPTIMIZATION OF FLOATING TABLET CONTAINING ASPIRIN USING SIMPLEX LATTICE DESIGN

Siswanto, Agus (Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, Jl. Raya Dukuh Waluh Purwokerto 53142, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Apr 2020

Abstract

Aspirin is an effective analgesic which is also used as an antiplatelet therapy for stroke prophylaxis. Aspirin in floating tablet formulations is used to improve the bioavailability. The aim of this study was to determine the optimum composition of floating tablets of aspirin by simplex lattice design (Design Expert 7.1.5). The tablets were prepared by direct compression technique, using polimers (Methocel K4M CR, Ethocel) and sodium bicarbonate (gas-generating agent) as independent variables. The optimum formula was determined based on numeric method with flow rate of tablet mass, floating lag time, C60, and Td as independent variables. The results indicated that the optimum composition of the matrix was Methocel K4M CR 16.94 %, NaHCO3 15.18 %, and Ethocel 17.88 %. It was observed that independent factors had significant contribution on all dependent variables.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

3

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy (ISSN-e: 2338-9486, ISSN-p: 2338-9427), formerly Majalah Farmasi Indonesia (ISSN: 0126-1037). The journal had been established in 1972, and online publication was begun in 2008. Since 2012, the journal has been published in English by Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas ...