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Table 3 Micromertics properties of solid dispersions

From: Formulation and development of floating multiple-unit minitablets of Nimodipine without using a gas-generating agent: in vitro and in vivo characterization

Formulations

*Angle of repose (0)

*Carr’s index (C.I)

*Hausner’s ratio (H.R)

Nimodipine

42 ± 2.4

29 ± 2.1

1.46 ± 0.8

F1

24.23 ± 2.1

15.62 ± 1.6

1.19 ± 0.4

F2

22.67 ± 1.9

16.18 ± 1.2

1.22 ± 0.7

F3

22.48 ± 2.2

14.42 ± 1.2

1.18 ± 0.2

F4

20.67 ± 1.9

16.89 ± 1.2

1.22 ± 0.7

F5

24.23 ± 2.1

17.62 ± 1.6

1.19 ± 0.4

F6

23.23 ± 2.1

15.62 ± 1.6

1.19 ± 0.4

F7

22.67 ± 1.9

16.89 ± 1.2

1.22 ± 0.7

F8

22.48 ± 2.2

15.39 ± 1.2

1.18 ± 0.2

F9

24.48 ± 2.2

14.32 ± 1.2

1.18 ± 0.2

F10

21.67 ± 1.9

18.89 ± 1.2

1.22 ± 0.7

F11

22.23 ± 2.1

16.62 ± 1.6

1.19 ± 0.4

F12

24.67 ± 1.9

17.89 ± 1.2

1.22 ± 0.7

F13

22.48 ± 2.2

15.46 ± 1.2

1.19 ± 0.2

F14

24.48 ± 2.2

14.25 ± 1.2

1.18 ± 0.2

F15

22.67 ± 1.9

16.89 ± 1.2

1.22 ± 0.7

F16

21.54 ± 2.1

17.13 ± 1.6

1.15 ± 0.4

F17

23.61 ± 1.9

16.16 ± 1.4

1.23 ± 0.3

F18

21.24 ± 3.1

14.31 ± 1.2

1.22 ± 0.2

F19

25.15 ± 2.2

15.16 ± 2.6

1.21 ± 0.2

F20

21.56 ± 1.9

13.14 ± 1.2

1.19 ± 0.7

  1. *Mean ± SD, n = 6