Abstract: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the gum of mangifera indica (mango) as a tablet binder
employing paracetamol as a model drug. Natural gums are economic, easily available and found useful as tablet binder.
To the best of our knowledge, no significant work has been reported on mango gum as a tablet binder. Paracetamol
tablets were prepared by wet granulation technique using mangifera indica gum as a tablet binder. The prepared tablets
were evaluated for physico chemical characteristics. The friability of the tablets ranges from 1.12 to 0.26 % and the
disintegration time from 3 to 8 min. The binding efficacy of the mangifera indica gum was compared with the standard
binder gum acacia at similar concentration (5% w/w). The tablets hardness prepared from mangifera indica gum varies
from 6.3 to 6.8 kg/cm2 which are comparable with the standard binder, gum acacia (4.8 kg/cm2). In conclusion, MIG
could be used well as a binding agent in the formulation of tablet dosage forms