title: Effect of the mode of incorporation on the disintegrant properties of acid modified water and white yam starches.
abstract: Acid modified starches obtained from two species of yam tubers namely white yam - Dioscorea rotundata L. and water yam - D. alata L. DIAL2 have been investigated as intra- and extra-granular disintegrants in paracetamol tablet formulations. The native starches were modified by acid hydrolysis and employed as disintegrant at concentrations of 5 and 10% w/w and their disintegrant properties compared with those of corn starch BP. The tensile strength and drug release properties of the tablets, assessed using the disintegration and dissolution (t 50 and t 80 - time required for 50% and 80% of paracetamol to be released) times, were evaluated. The results showed that the tensile strength and the disintegration and dissolution times of the tablets decreased with increase in the concentration of the starch disintegrants. The acid modified yam starches showed better disintegrant efficiency than corn starch in the tablet formulations. Acid modification appeared to improve the disintegrant efficiency of the yam starches. Furthermore, tablets containing starches incorporated extragranularly showed faster disintegration but lower tensile strength than those containing starches incorporated intragranularly. This emphasizes the importance of the mode of incorporation of starch disintegrant.
authors: Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors: Oluwatoyin A
authors: OA
authors: Odeku
authors: Babatunde L
authors: BL
authors: Akinwande
keywords: Acid modification; Corn starch; Disintegrant properties; Tablets; Yam starch
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