Product Details
Category
Binder Excipients
Grade
Pharmceutical Excipients
Description
Corn starch and pregelatinized starch occurs as a white free-flowing powder. It is a coprocessed mixture of predominantly corn starch together with pregelatinized starch.
Chemical Name
Corn starch and pregelatinized starch
Administration route
Oral, optical, vaginal
Dosage Form
Starch:buccal tablets, oral capsules, powders, suspensions and tablets; topical preparations; and vaginal tablets; Pregelatinized starch: oral capsules, suspensions, and tablets; vaginal preparations
Stability and Storage Conditions
Store in sealed containers at below 30℃, avoiding high humidity.
Source and Preparation
Corn starch and pregelatinized starch is produced by a proprietary spray-drying technique.
Applications
Corn starch and pregelatinized starch can be used in both capsules and tablets to improve flowability, enhance disintegration and improve hardness.
Incompatibilities
See Starch, and Starch, Pregelatinized.