Pharmaceutical Assessment of the Impact of the Method of Extraction on the Suitability of Pectin from Plantain (<i>Musa paradisiaca</i>) Peels as a Suspending Agent in Oral Liquid Formulations

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Ingredients</td><td class="align_center">Quantities</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Paracetamol powder</td><td class="align_center">5 g</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Suspending agents (1% w/v or 2% w/v)</td><td class="align_center">1 g or 2 g</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Benzoic acid (0.1% w/v)</td><td class="align_center">0.1 g</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Purified water</td><td class="align_center">100 mL</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>The suspending agent was <i>M. paradisiaca</i> pectin or acacia gum.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Master formula for the preparation of paracetamol suspension.</div>

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Table 1: Pharmaceutical Assessment of the Impact of the Method of Extraction on the Suitability of Pectin from Plantain (<i>Musa paradisiaca</i>) Peels as a Suspending Agent in Oral Liquid Formulations 

Table 1 | Pharmaceutical Assessment of the Impact of the Method of Extraction on the Suitability of Pectin from Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) Peels as a Suspending Agent in Oral Liquid Formulations 