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

Table 5

pH of acacia and pectin suspensions.

Weeks	(Acacia) 1%	ACEP 1%	ALEP 1%	Acacia 2%	ACEP 2%	ALEP 2%
Week 1	3.58 ± 0.012	3.51 ± 0.033^ns	3.45 ± 0.032^ns	3.70 ± 0.029	3.67 ± 0.009^ns	3.43 ± 0.006^ns
Week 2	2.67 ± 0.009	2.93 ± 0.045^ns	3.04 ± 0.012^ns	2.91 ± 0.003	3.02 ± 0.038^ns	3.81 ± 0.038^ns
Week 3	3.06 ± 0.015	3.17 ± 0.006^ns	3.96 ± 0.006^ns	3.22 ± 0.006	3.18 ± 0.006^ns	3.94 ± 0.006^ns
Week 4	3.14 ± 0.006	3.38 ± 0.037^ns	3.18 ± 0.010^ns	3.39 ± 0.009	3.43 ± 0.021^ns	4.19 ± 0.035^ns

Each value is expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 3).  > 0.05 nonsignificant (^ns).