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ArticlePharmaceutics2017

Quality Attributes and In Vitro Bioequivalence of Different Brands of Amoxicillin Trihydrate Tablets.

Moawia M Al-Tabakha, Khairi M S Fahelelbom, Dana Emad Eddin Obaid, Sadik Sayed

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Moawia M Al-TabakhaPharmaceutics Unit, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, P.O. Box 346, Ajman, UAE. sphmaa@hotmail.com.
Khairi M S FahelelbomDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al-Ain University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 64141, Al Ain, UAE. khairi.mustafa@aau.ac.ae.
Dana Emad Eddin ObaidDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al-Ain University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 64141, Al Ain, UAE. dana.obaid@aau.ac.ae.
Sadik SayedDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al-Ain University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 64141, Al Ain, UAE. sadik.sayed@aau.ac.ae.
Al Ain University · AEAjman University · AE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial resistance and antibiotic drug effectiveness can be related to administering generic products with a subtherapeutic dose or poor in vivo drug release. The aim of this study was to investigate whether locally marketed amoxicillin tablets have the required chemical and physical attributes, including in vitro bioequivalence performance. Five generic products (T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5) containing combination of amoxicillin trihydrate and potassium clavulanate as 1 g strength present in immediate release tablets were compared to the reference listed drug product Augmentin® (R) for weight variation, friability, resistance to crushing, and chemical content of amoxicillin. Difference (ƒ1) and similarity (ƒ2) factors were calculated to assess in vitro bioequivalence requirements. The tablets from different products have shown compliance with the pharmacopeial requirements of the performed tests. The measured resistance to crushing of tablets did not influence the dissolution time. Three generic products released more than 85% of amoxicillin by the first 15 min as did the reference product and were considered as bioequivalent products. T1 and T4 had ƒ1 values of 16.5% and 25.4% respectively and their ƒ2 values were 44.5 and 34.6 respectively, indicating failure to meet in vitro bioequivalence requirements. Tablet formulations can play an important role in achieving bioequivalence. Independent investigations such as this study serve as an important tool to reveal possible inferior or noncompliant products that may find their way to the market.

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amoxicillin tabletsbioequivalencechemical contentdifference factorfriabilityHPLC analysissimilarity factorweight variation

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PMID28531119
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