Mwika Mwansa Chilomo. <br/><br/>
Assessment of the effectiveness of abelmoschus esculantus(okra) gum as a suspending agent/ 
Mwika Mwansa Chilomo. 
 - Lusaka, the university of Zambia, school of medicine   2016. 
 - ix,35p.:bill. 
<br/><br/>A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment for the ward of bachelor of pharmacy degree at the university of Zambia. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coatings.