Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2505572 | International Journal of Pharmaceutics | 2008 | 6 Pages |
In order to evaluate the effect of preparation method on the properties of orally disintegrating (OD) tablets, OD tablets were prepared by compressing a mixture of high melting point sugar alcohol (HMP-SA) and low melting point sugar alcohol (LMP-SA) and subsequent heating. In the direct compression method (DCM) where the LMP-SA was added as a powder, both hardness and disintegration time were increased by decreasing the particle size of the LMP-SA. In the wet granule compression method (WGCM), where the LMP-SA was added as an aqueous binder solution, the tablets became harder with less heating compared to tablets prepared by DCM. Using 1% xylitol as the LMP-SA provided tablets with sufficient hardness when prepared by WGCM, as opposed to DCM where 5% xylitol was necessary to prepare tablets with similar hardness. These results suggest that uniformly distributed LMP-SA on the surface of HMP-SA particles in WGCM might diffuse more easily during the heating process compared to mechanically mixed LMP-SA in DCM, resulting in an increase in tablet hardness even with a short heating time and low content of LMP-SA. In addition, disintegration and hardness stability of the tablets were affected by the LMP-SA content when prepared by WGCM, suggesting that the LMP-SA content should be regulated to assure the stability of OD tablet characteristics.