TABLE 5.

Physicochemical quality characteristics of tablets.

Type of tablets	Formulation code	Physical characteristics (n = 20)					Chemical characteristics (n = 20)
		Weight (mg)	Thickness (mm)	Diameter (mm)	Hardness (kg)	Friability (%)	Content uniformity (%)
Core tablets	F1-F4	502.34 ± 4.56	5.51 ± 0.07	11.01 ± 0.03	10.20 ± 0.43	0.18	97.6
	F5-F8	501.51 ± 5.13	5.50 ± 0.07	11.03 ± 0.05	10.08 ± 0.46	0.15	100.9
	F9-F12	504.83 ± 5.27	5.51 ± 0.06	11.00 ± 0.03	9.84 ± 0.41	0.29	99.3
	F13-F16	506.61 ± 7.96	5.53 ± 0.07	11.01 ± 0.03	10.06 ± 0.42	0.21	93.7
Coated tablets	F1-F2	543.51 ± 6.43	6.08 ± 0.07	11.57 ± 0.03	Not applicable		96.1
	F3-F4	564.91 ± 5.13	6.13 ± 0.07	11.67 ± 0.03			99.78
	F5-F6	543.72 ± 5.82	5.98 ± 0.07	11.50 ± 0.05			95.7
	F7-F8	564.83 ± 6.05	6.14 ± 0.09	11.61 ± 0.07			95.3
	F9-F10	544.72 ± 5.68	5.93 ± 0.10	11.53 ± 0.02			97.2
	F11-F12	566.44 ± 5.91	6.12 ± 0.07	11.67 ± 0.08			98.3
	F13-F14	550.25 ± 8.65	5.96 ± 0.08	11.47 ± 0.04			99.1
	F15-F16	566.71 ± 8.91	6.23 ± 0.04	11.65 ± 0.06			98.2