Compaction, mechanical strength and disintegration of palm oil empty fruit bunch (EFB) carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) tablets
Journal Title: Food Research - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
In this work, the compaction, tablet mechanical strength and tablet disintegration characteristics of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches (EFB) were studied. These characteristics were then compared with an established tablet binder, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC). Tablets with 13-mm diameter were formed at various compaction pressures of 37.7MPa, 75.4MPa, 113.0MPa, 150.7MPa, and 188.4MPa using a laboratory universal testing machine inside a rigid die set. The results showed that increasing the compaction pressure increased the tablet elastic energy, plastic energy, mechanical strength and disintegration time in the experimental range adopted in this work. However, CMC tablets exhibited lower plastic work as well as lower mechanical strength and longer disintegration time compared to MCC tablets. In conclusion, the CMC tablet displayed lower performances in comparison to the more established tablet binder MCC as evaluated in this study.
Authors and Affiliations
N. S. Radzali, N. M. Jaafar, M. S. Anuar, S. M. Tahir
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- EP ID EP489842
- DOI 10.26656/fr.2017.2(6).131
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