PHYSICAL FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF GRANULES EFFERVESCENT FROM WASTE SHELL Snail GONG-GONG (STROMBUS TURTURELLA)
Suci Fitriani Sammulia, Suhaera, Henny Rachdiati, Akmal Hadi

Mitra Bunda Health Institute

Abstract

The gong-gong snail (Strombus turturella) is a type of sea snail that is found around Bintan Island, Riau Islands and is a culinary object typical of Tanjung Pinang. Eating this results in shell waste that is not used properly. The main composition of the gongong snail shell is calcium bicarbonate (CaCo3). With the calcium content, the waste of bark snail shells can be used as raw material for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations such as effervescent granules. This study aims to obtain an effervescent granule preparation formulation from the waste of gong-gong snail shells with good physical properties. Effervescent granules were prepared by wet granulation method in 3 variations of formula for
deposition of bark-snail shells F I (25%), F II (50%), F III (75%). The resulting granules were evaluated. The results of granule evaluation indicate that the granules produced from the formula have met the requirements. The results of granule evaluation showed that the organoleptic test, the angle of repose, the
copresibility, the moisture content, and the pH formula from 6 have met the requirements of good effervescent granules. The results of this study indicate that the shells of gong-gong snails can be formulated into efferves-cent granules and
have good physical properties.

Keywords: effervescent granule (Strombus turturella) snail shell, calcium.

Topic: Pharmaceutical Sciences