title: [Technology and analysis of "Askoeziuofito" tablets].
abstract: The objective of this work is to produce chewable tablets out of Echinacea purpurea liquid extract (1:1) and ascorbic acid: to create the technology, to select methods of analysis and to examine stability. The paper describes the technology of tablets: a method of condensation is chosen; the influence of additional substances over tableting is established; pressing characteristics of tableting mixtures are examined. The quality of tablets is evaluated in terms of appearance and technological rates: average tablet mass, hardness against pressure, hardness against wearing, time of disintegration, and speed of ascorbic acid secretion. The identity of ascorbic acid, ferments and hydroxycinamon acid was established. Quantities of ascorbic and chicory acids were defined. The tablets produced were named "Askoeziuofito" tablets. The name consists of abbreviated terms of ascorbic acid, Echinacea plant and phytochemical preparation.
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors: Jurga
authors: J
authors: Bernatoniene
authors: Nijole
authors: N
authors: Savickiene
authors: Arūnas
authors: A
authors: Savickas
authors: Domininkas
authors: D
authors: Bernatonis
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D004339:Drug Compounding; D020900:Echinacea / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013607:Tablets
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D013607:Tablets; D001205:Ascorbic Acid