Corn Starch (St)

Luyao Approval No. F2014058

CAS NO.:9005-25-8

Packaging Specifications:25kg/bag

Quality Standard:CP2015 USP Current Edition

Main Uses:

Corn StarchIt is a commonly used excipient in tablets, often used as a filler, disintegrant, and binder in solid preparations.Corn StarchWidely used in the preparation of tablets, pills, capsules, powders, and pastes.

Corn StarchSafety
Corn StarchWidely used in pharmaceutical preparations, especially in oral tablets.Corn StarchEdible, non-toxic, and non-irritating. Excessive oral intake is harmful, forming starch stones and causing intestinal obstruction. Starch contact with the peritoneum and meninges may cause granulomatous reactions. Surgical wounds contaminated with starch from surgical gloves may also cause granulomatous damage. Starch rarely causes allergic reactions; a person may be allergic to one type of starch but not to other starches from different sources.

Corn starch, also known as maize starch or corn flour. Corn starch is commonly known as six-grain powder. A white powder with a slightly yellowish tint. It is made by soaking corn in 0.3% sulfurous acid, then crushing, sieving, precipitating, drying, and grinding. Ordinary cornstarch contains small amounts of fat and protein.

Pharmaceutical Applications of Corn Starch:

In the pharmaceutical industry, cornstarch is an important raw material for the antibiotic industry because almost all antibiotics are produced using the cornstarch fermentation method, such as the high-volume penicillin, cephalosporin, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, streptomycin, and various aminoglycoside antibiotics, all of which are produced by fermenting and extracting starch as a substrate with industrial microorganisms. Another important use of cornstarch is as a pharmaceutical excipient; early tablet production in various pharmaceutical factories mostly used cornstarch as a filler and binder.

Corn StarchSource

Corn StarchIt is extracted from plant sources through a series of operations such as coarse grinding, repeated washing, wet sieving, and centrifugation. The wet fraction obtained through the above steps should be dried and ground before being used in pharmaceutical preparations.