Instrumental Measurement and Analysis of Pharmaceutical Tablet Texture — A Review

Textural property is one of the most important attributes of pharmaceutical tablet. From the perspective of destructive and non-destructive methods, this article reviews various approaches of tablet texture measurement and analysis. It is indicated that researchers usually utilize mechanical testers and optical and acoustic instruments to determine texture properties of hardness,tensile strength, friability and porosity of tablet, mainly aiming to characterize the damage and abrasive resistance.