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. 2021 Jun 12;13(6):873. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13060873

Table 4.

Chewable gel tablets texture properties depending on the composition and time of manufacture.

Sample Name a Firmness (g) Springiness (%) Hardness (g) Stickiness (g)
after One Day after One Week after One Month after One Day after One Week after One Month after One Day after One Week after One Month after One Day after One Week after One Month
GCgt 798.71 ± 22.68 961.64 ± 51.48 1227.87 ± 34.20 80.46 ± 0.36 78.76 ± 1.34 75.01 ± 0.45 559.66 ± 60.27 692.10 ± 84.92 920.17 ± 116.18 −40.83 ± 0.64 −87.30 ± 7.44 −81.87 ± 20.13
GCgtN 892.53 ± 40.36 1052.16 ± 46.17 1251.03 ± 85.27 78.29 ± 1.32 75.64 ± 1.20 72.50 ± 2.20 581.94 ± 66.99 702.55 ± 78.29 864.03 ± 83.88 −24.90 ± 11.78 −65.92 ± 7.08 −76.90 ± 6.66
GCgtNM 1127.01 ± 3.18 1306.25 ± 41.31 1499.06 ± 116.83 72.32 ± 0.88 72.04 ± 1.06 67.09 ± 3.30 713.35 ± 66.93 851.17 ± 98.64 1012.23 ± 104.02 −14.50 ± 7.17 −72.47 ± 8.18 −95.07 ± 8.25
Cgt * 700.38 ± 12.66 1847.83 ± 129.18 3745.30 ± 92.53 78.07 ± 1.04 54.65 ± 0.85 45.84 ± 0.20 501.44 ± 18.24 1809.59 ± 174.26 3746.06 ± 132.05 −48.10 ± 4.13 −0.20 ± 0.07 −1.38 ± 1.05
CgtN * 1141.58 ± 28.49 2686.79 ± 67.82 2986.34 ± 34.37 74.93 ± 1.21 55.20 ± 0.37 43.31 ± 1.36 905.53 ± 64.22 2425.96 ± 118.37 2615.56 ± 218.26 −53.85 ± 17.27 −101.94 ± 58.10 −0.16 ± 0.03
CgtNM * 1407.70 ± 51.07 3077.47 ± 134.24 3708.89 ± 220.61 70.63 ± 0.69 53.15 ± 1.03 41.25 ± 0.60 1104.62 ± 101.79 2681.87 ± 111.10 2883.81 ± 166.83 −93.37 ± 5.27 −104.89 ± 45.11 −0.12 ± 0.04

* all data is p < 0.05 versus relative samples with glycerol in composition after one month; a—sample name meaning is given in “2.5. Chewable Gel Tablets Preparation” section; n = 3.