Corn starch
Applications of Starch in Pharmaceutical Industries
- Excellent flow properties in powder form and assistance in tablet hardness during the compacting process
- Facilitation of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) release after tablet consumption
- A suitable material for encapsulation
- Resistance to retrogradation and syneresis
- Formation of a stable colloidal dispersion (viscosity enhancer)
- Functions as an excipient in tablets, especially in orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs)