Module 3 2019

Quiz

• The following list contains a number of tabletting excipients, correctly define the required information with regards to the main or common functionality of each excipient as used for tablet manufacture against each excipient:

Lactose?

Diluent

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Microcrystalline cellulose? Diluent

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Polvinylpyrrolidone?

Binder

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Magnesium stearate? Lubricant

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Colloidal silicon dioxide? Glidant

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• Sodium starch glycolate? ‘Super’ disintegrant

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