TY - JOUR AU - PRAKASH RAO, A. HARI OM AU - RADA, SANTOSH KUMAR AU - KANDUKURI, SHAMBHAVI PY - 2021/07/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - OPTIMIZATION OF STARCH CROTONATE AS A NOVEL SUPERDISINTEGRANT IN THE FORMULATION OF FAST DISSOLVING TABLETS THROUGH 23 FACTORIAL DESIGN JF - International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics JA - Int J App Pharm VL - 13 IS - 4 SE - Original Article(s) DO - 10.22159/ijap.2021v13i4.41335 UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijap/article/view/41335 SP - 247-256 AB - <p><strong>Objective: </strong>To synthesize, characterize and evaluate starch crotonate as a superdisintegrant in the formulation of Piroxicam fast dissolving tablets by employing 2<sup>3</sup> factorial design.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Starch crotonate was synthesized and its physical and micromeritic properties were performed to evaluate it. The fast dissolving tablet of Piroxicam were prepared by employing starch crotonate as a superdisintegrant in different proportions in each case by direct compression method using 2<sup>3</sup> factorial design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The starch chrotonate prepared was found to be fine, free flowing and amorphous. Starch crotonate exhibited good swelling in water with swelling index (50%). The study of starch crotonate was shown by fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR). The drug content (100±5%), hardness (3.6–4 kg/sq. cm), and friability (&lt;0.15%) have been effective with regard to all the formulated fast dissolving tablets employing starch crotonate. The disintegration time of all the formulated tablets was found to be in the range of 18±03 to 66±03 sec. The optimized formulation F8 had the least disintegration time i.e., 18±03 sec. The wetting time of the tablets was found to be in the range of 49.92±0.11 to 140±0.18s. The <em>In vitro</em> wetting time was less (i.e., 74±0.37s) in optimized formulation F8. The water absorption ratio of the formulated tablets was found to be in the range of 27.58±0.01 to 123.07±0.33%. The percent drug dissolved in the optimized formulation F8 was found to be 99.83% in 10 min.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Starch crotonate, when combined with sodium starch glycolate, croscarmellose sodium, with Piroxicam was found to be an effective super disintegrant which improved the dissolution efficiency and could therefore be used in the formulation of quick dissolving tablets to provide immediate release of the contained drug within 10 min.</p> ER -