Starch microparticulates

Builders, R.F. Agbo, M.B. Adelakun, T Okpako, L.C. Attama, A.A. Novel multifunctional pharmaceutical excipients derived from microcrystalline cellulose-starch microparticulate composites prepared by compatibilized reactive polymer blending. Int. J. Pharm. 2010, 388 (1-2), 159-167. 

Fat Replacers. The reduction of fat in substitute dairy products results in an increase in water and a stress on the food system both in respect to body and texture, and to flavor. There is no universal fat replacer, but microparticulated proteins having particle sizes <10 fim and/or starch derivatives, and gums have been used as fat replacers. 

Emulsion formed from vitamins and/or carotenoids, gelatins (pH 2 to 4.6), saccharose, starch, and water emulsion drops are added to powder of starch to form microparticulates by heat treatment at 120 to 170 C to give powder... 

Different drug delivery systems have been proposed for vaginal delivery of peptides and proteins. The first one was a mucoadhesive gel based on polyacrylic acid intended for vaginal administration of insulin [96]. More recently, microparticulate systems such as starch and hyaluronan ester (HYAFF) microspheres have been proposed for vaginal delivery of insulin... 

On the other hand, mixtures of pectin with other materials such as high amylase starch [12,43], chitosan [11,29] and HPMC have been extensively investigated for use in colon-specific drug release formulations [29]. Pectin has also been used in microparticulate delivery systems for ophthalmic preparations and matrix-type transdermal patches [3]. It has also been studied as a taste masker [4]. 

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