Assessment of the effectiveness of abelmoschus esculantus(okra) gum as a suspending agent/ Mwika Mwansa Chilomo.
By: Mwika Mwansa Chilomo.
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment for the ward of bachelor of pharmacy degree at the university of Zambia.
Pharmaceutical suspension are uniform dispersion of solid drug particles in a vehicle in which the drug has minimum solubility. In a suspension at least on of the ingredients is not dissolved in the vehicle and so the preparation will require shaking before a dose is administered.Suspensions are used in masking bitter drugs, increase stabiityof some drugs in aqueous form and also for the purpose of easier administration.
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