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Table 10 Stability study of optimized primaquine-loaded transdermal patch formulation (F5)

From: Primaquine-loaded transdermal patch for treating malaria: design, development, and characterization

Time

Temp

% Drug content

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pH

Folding endurance (Numbers)

Tensile Strength (Kg/cm2)

% Elongation

% Moisture content

1 Day

4 °C

99.70 ± 0.4

Y

5.4 ± 0.1

188 ± 6

0.43 ± 0.015

37.9 ± 0.12

06.75 ± 0.04

25 °C

99.70 ± 0.0

Y

5.5 ± 0.1

190 ± 8

0.41 ± 0.014

38.6 ± 0.19

06.83 ± 0.03

40 °C

99.70 ± 0.1

Y

5.4 ± 0.2

185 ± 6

0.42 ± 0.013

37.6 ± 0.15

06.76 ± 0.05

1 Month

4 °C

99.66 ± 0.3

Y

5.5 ± 0.1

189 ± 7

0.41 ± 0.010

37.9 ± 0.16

06.79 ± 0.06

25 °C

99.60 ± 0.2

Y

5.4 ± 0.2

193 ± 6

0.42 ± 0.009

37.4 ± 0.10

06.71 ± 0.05

40 °C

99.59 ± 0.2

Y

5.5 ± 0.1

191 ± 8

0.43 ± 0.014

38.5 ± 0.12

07.71 ± 0.04

2 Months

4 °C

99.53 ± 0.1

Y

5.4 ± 0.2

189 ± 9

0.42 ± 0.015

38.3 ± 0.17

07.74 ± 0.06

25 °C

99.58 ± 0.4

Y

5.5 ± 0.1

194 ± 8

0.42 ± 0.014

38.0 ± 0.11

06.78 ± 0.05

40 °C

99.55 ± 0.3

Y

5.4 ± 0.1

187 ± 8

0.43 ± 0.014

38.7 ± 0.15

06.73 ± 0.04

3 Months

4 °C

99.54 ± 0.2

Y

5.6 ± 0.2

186 ± 9

0.42 ± 0.015

38.1 ± 0.16

07.74 ± 0.05

25 °C

99.54 ± 0.3

Y

5.5 ± 0.1

190 ± 8

0.42 ± 0.012

37.6 ± 0.10

07.73 ± 0.03

40 °C

99.51 ± 0.5

Y

5.5 ± 0.1

193 ± 9

0.42 ± 0.014

38.3 ± 0.12

07.75 ± 0.04