POST-COMPRESSION EVALUATION PARAMETERS FOR TABLETS-AN OVERVIEW

Hitesh Chaturvedi*, Ayush Garg and Udaibhan Singh Rathore

ABSTRACT

The quantitative evaluation and assessment of a tablet’s chemical, physical and bioavailability properties are important in the design of tablet and to monitor product quality. These properties are important since chemical breakdown or interactions between tablet components may alter the physical tablet properties and greatly affect the bioavailability of the tablet system. These are various standards that have been set in the various pharmacopoeias tablets. These include the diameter, size, shape, thickness, weight, hardness, disintegration and dissolution character. The diameter and shape depends upon die and punches selected for the compression of tablets do not vary from one production lot to another.

Keywords: Tablets, Limit, Pharmacopoeia, Post-Compression.