Evaluation of Mujol as a Direct Compression Excipient in Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Tablet Formulations

Abstract

The physical properties of oxytetracyc1ine hydrochloride tablets compressed with Musol, a new autocompressib1e vehicle obtained by chemical modification of an edible seed polysaccharide were studied, Avice1 PH 101, Fast-f1o lactose and Emcompress were used as basis for comparison.

With the exception of those tablets containing Emcompress, good disintegration and dissolution profiles were obtained in all the batches formulated. The dissolution characteristics of the tablets did not change significantly after storage in the dark at 30°C for 96 weeks.