Name: Glyceryl Behenate
Package: 5kg/drum, 20kg/drum
Appearance: White or off-white powder or hard wax block; it has a slight odor.
Soluble in chloroform and almost insoluble in water or ethanol.
Application:
This product can be used as a binder and lubricant for tablets and capsules, as a backbone material or coating material for sustained-release preparations, as a thickener for silicone gelling agents and emulsions, as a taste masking agent. Dosage and examples are shown in the table below.
Advantages:
1.As a sustained release skeleton material:
Suitable for a wide range of tabletting process: direct tabletting, wet granulation, dry granulation and hot melt granulation;
PH-independent drug release;
Burst-free drug release related to ethanol;
Drug release through diffusion mechanism to avoid burst effect;
Without digestion and high physiological tolerance.
2.As a lubricant:
No effect on disintegration time and drug release;
Improve compressibility in tablet and capsule production;
Do not interfere with drug testing;
Do not reduce tablet hardness;
Acid drugs can use it.
Compatibility Taboo: None.
Safety: Generally considered non-toxic and non-irritating.
Storage: This product should be placed in a closed container and stored below 35 ℃.