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Water-soluble vitamin composition having excellent tablet properties and process for production thereof

US5994324A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 1997
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/2095
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is disclosed a water-soluble vitamin composition which containing about 90 to 99.8% by weight of a water-soluble vitamin, a polymer binder and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides, disaccharides, sugar alcohols, dextrin and organic acids, which can provide a tablet having high mechanical strength (hardness) with less compression problem and easy disintegration, upon compression. A process for producing the composition is also disclosed.

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