Process for the manufacture of a directly compressible starch for use in the manufacture of tablets, and tablets obtained
US5164014A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1990 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08J2303/02
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of grains of starch, which comprises granulating a mixture obtained by spraying 1 to 20%, and preferably 2 to 6% by weight, of a starch paste obtained from native starch under mild conditions, on to 99 to 80% by weight of grains of native starch, and drying, grinding and sieving the resulting product to give aggregates (grains) having a mean particle size of between 100 and about 500 .mu.m.
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