Modified Starch

Introduction Gelatin has been used as shell polymer in the manufacture of soft gelatin capsules (softgels) for about the past century. Its rheological and thermal properties offer adequate balance for subsequent process steps including gel solution preparation/transportation, film casting, and…
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FlowLac by MEGGLE is directly compressible lactose having a spherical agglomerate shape, consisting of small alpha-lactose monohydrate crystals bound by amorphous lactose. It is produced by spray-drying a suspension of fine milled alpha-lactose monohydrate crystals in a solution of lactose. When…
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RetaLac® by MEGGLE is a co-processed excipient comprising of equal parts of milled alpha-lactose monohydrate and hypromellose (USP substitution type 2208) with a nominal viscosity of 4000 cps. A specialized spray-agglomeration process generates textured, highly structured particles with d50 in…
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Crosslinked carboxymethyl rice starch (CLCMRS), prepared via dual modifications of native rice starch (NRS) with chloroacetic acid and sodium trimetaphosphate, was employed to facilitate the disintegration of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) orodispersible films (ODFs), with or without the…
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In this study, chitosan-octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) starch polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) was investigated as a stabilizer for redispersible dry nanoemulsion. Fenofibrate, a BCS class II lipid-lowering drug, with poor solubility was used as model drug. The dry nanoemulsions were prepared by…
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The results of research on the structural, thermodynamic, and physicochemical properties of normal maize starch subjected to mechanical processing in a ball mill for different time intervals are presented. It is shown that in the process of mechanical processing, abrasion and splitting of starch…
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The 12th APV PBP World Meeting took place from 28 - 31 March 2022 in Rotterdam. There was a poster section at the event where really interesting scientific posters were presented. Therefore we asked the presenting scientists if we could share their work in addition online with the Pharma Excipients…
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Flufenamic acid (FFA) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug characterised by a low solubility and problems of variable dissolution rate and bio-inequivalence. Different FFA batches, obtained by different suppliers, showed different powder characteristics (particle size, shape and surface…
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The physicochemical stability of enalapril maleate was investigated in the presence of fourteen different excipients divided into four different classes. The extent of a drug-excipient interaction was investigated by following the chemical stability using HPLC. It was found that there is a certain…
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Starch is a readily available excipient which finds application in the pharmaceutical industry as binders, diluents and disintegrants. The use of starch is however limited by its poor flow characteristics. Co-processing exploits the desirable attributes of excipients, while masking the undesirable…
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