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LYCATAB® C - PREGELATINIZED MAIZE STARCH

LYCATAB®

®Registered Trademark(s) of Roquette Frères
  • The excipient with the fastest disintegration, providing higher productivity
  • Adapted to hard capsule filling

Partially pregelatinized starch

Applications

  • 1. Solid Forms - Tablets
  • Swallowable Tablets
  • 2. Solid Forms - Capsules
  • Hard Capsules Fill
  • 5. Other Solid Forms
  • Stick Packs and sachets

Functional properties

  • Formulations Aids
  • Disintegrants & Super Disintegrants
  • Fillers and Binders for Direct Compression
  • Fillers and Binders for Roller Compaction

Physical and chemical properties

  • Formulation & Manufacturing
  • Consistent drug dissolution, uniform weight
  • Physical Characteristics
  • Easy-flowing powder
  • General Properties
  • Label-friendly
  • Multicompendial
  • Stability & Compliance
  • pH-independent disintegration

Documents

Product Specification Sheet

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469,49 Ko

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475,42 Ko

Safety Data Sheet

Region : Europe, BE

EN 502,29 Ko

Region : Europe, CH

EN 502,46 Ko

Region : Asia, CN

EN 315,98 Ko

Region : Europe, DE

EN 505,29 Ko

Region : Europe, FI

EN 502,26 Ko

Region : Europe, FR

EN 502,62 Ko

Region : Europe, GB

EN 365,15 Ko

Region : Americas, Asia, Oceania, Africa

EN 259,28 Ko

Region : Europe, AT

DE 510,89 Ko

Region : Europe, BE

DE 513,60 Ko

Region : Europe, BE

FR 613,47 Ko

Region : Europe, BE

NL 510,19 Ko

Region : Americas, BR

PT 524,38 Ko

Region : Europe, CH

DE 513,87 Ko

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FR 613,99 Ko

Region : Europe, CH

IT 603,39 Ko

Region : Asia, CN

ZH 535,31 Ko

Region : Europe, CZ

CS 630,59 Ko

Region : Europe, DE

DE 516,64 Ko

Region : Europe, DK

DA 510,29 Ko

Region : Europe, ES

ES 516,48 Ko

Region : Europe, FI

FI 516,53 Ko

Region : Europe, FR

FR 613,69 Ko

Region : Americas, Asia, Oceania, Africa

ES 271,63 Ko

Region : Americas, Asia, Oceania, Africa

PT 276,44 Ko

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Technical data

Synonyms Pregelatinized Starch
CAS number 9005-25-8
Physical form or apperance White or almost white powder
Application LYCATAB® C partially pregelatinized starch is a direct compression excipient with filler/binder and disintegrant properties. It is used both in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical oral dosage forms, mainly for swallowable tablets and hard capsules.
Source Maize
Teste/Odor Odorless powder
Morphology
MORPHOLOGY
Water sorption isotherm at 20°C
WATER_SORPTION
Chemical Structure
CHEMICAL_STRUCTURE
Maximal Water content (LOD) 14.00
Solubility Swells in cold water, practically insoluble in organic solvents
Average mean particle diameter 90
dv10 Particle size distribution 35
dv50 Particle size distribution 90
dv90 Particle size distribution 166
Tablet Hardness
COMPRESSION_BEHAVIOUR_TABLET_HARDNESS
Experimental Conditions for Compression Behavior_Tablet Press KORSCH XP 1
Experimental Conditions for Compression Behavior_Production Speed 20 tablets/min
Experimental Conditions for Compression Behavior_Tooling Diameter 13 mm R13 concave
Experimental Conditions for Compression Behavior_Formuls 100% LYCATAB® C
Experimental Conditions for Compression Behavior_Tablet Mass 600 mg
Powder Flowability (according to Ph.Eur. 2.9.16, 10mm outflow opening) 5
Bulk Density (g/ml) 0.63
Tapped Density (g/ml) 0.81
True Density (g/ml) 1.52
Specific Surface Area (m²/g) 0.30
Angle of Repose (°) 30