Preparation of a kind of honey effervescent tablets

Abstract

The aim of the research is to develop a kind of honey effervescent tablets. With honey power and pregelatinized starch as main raw materials, the matching accessories are chosen by the orthogonal test to select the production technology of the honey effervescent tablets. The optimized formula of the honey effervescent tablets is honey power 60 %, pregelatinized starch 15.5 %, citric acid 11.7 %, sodium bicarbonate 8.3 %, sodium cyclamate 2.0 %, PEG6000 2.5 %. The honey effervescent tablets prepared by this method which is simple and feasible, have stable quality and good taste, meet pharmacopeia standards, disintegrate rapidly and are easy to take. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg..