Abstract
Ethylene ($C_2H_4$) is a naturally occurring hormone in some fruit. This study was carried out to manufacture ethylene-producing tablets. The Ethylene-producing tablets were manufactured from ethephon and excipient mixtures, including Prosolv, Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and Crosscamellose. Ethylene production increased with the increases in temperature. In the aspect of pH condition, ethylene productions at pH 7.0 and pH 9.0 were less than 2 ppm. On the other hand, at pH 13.0, ethylene production from the Prosolv, HPMC, and Crosscamellose tablets was 94.05, 126.28, and 100.11 ppm, respectively. The friability of the Prosolv and HPMC tablets were 0.1 and 0.3%, respectively, while the Crosscamellose tablet was 54.1%. indicating that the Crosscarmellose tablet was not appropriate as an ethylene production tablet. In addition, there were huge variations in disintegration times; the Prosolv, Crosscamelose, and HPMC tablets took 1, 5 min, and 7 min more than respectively. Ethylene production was gradually increased up to 20 hr for the Prosolv tablet and then remained stable.
본 연구는 에테폰과 부형제를 혼합하여 에틸렌 발생 타블렛을 제조하였고, 에틸렌 가스 활성조건을 구명한 결과는 다음과 같다. 온도조건별 타블렛의 에틸렌 발생량은 온도가 높을수록 많은 발생을 보였다. Activator pH 조건별 에틸렌 발생량은 pH 7.0 및 9.0 조건에서는 발생량이 약 2 ppm으로 미미하였으나, pH 13.0에서 타블렛의 에틸렌 발생량은 Prosolv 부형제 94.05 ppm, HPMC 부형제 126.28 ppm, Crosscamellose 부형제 100.11 ppm으로 각각 나타났다. 제조된 타블렛의 마손도는 Prosolv 부형제 0.1%, HPMC 부형제 0.3%, Crosscamellose 부형제 54.1%로 나타나 Crosscamellose 타블렛은 부적합하다고 판단되었다. 붕해도의 경우 각각의 부형제에 따라 큰 차이를 보였으며, Prosolv 부형제 1분, HPMC 부형제 7분 이상, Crosscamellose 부형제 5분으로 각각 나타났다. 최종 선정된 부형제인 Prosolv 타블렛의 시간대별 에틸렌 발생 측정결과 가스포집 20시간 까지 에틸렌 발생량은 꾸준히 증가하였지만 20시 이후의 발생은 미미하였고 지속적인 가스 발생은 처리 후 20시간으로 나타났다.
