Title:Applicability, Commercial Utility and Recent Patents on Starch and Starch Derivative as Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery Carrier
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Author(s): Shreya Pandey, Rishabha Malviya and Pramod K. Sharma
Affiliation:
Keywords:
Carbohydrate, modified starch, patent, starch.
Abstract: Natural polymers are widely utilized in pharmaceutical and food industries. Starch, a major
carbohydrate is a staple food in human and animal diets which is simply extractable from various
sources, like potato, maize, corn, wheat, etc. It is widely used as a raw material in various food and
non food industries as well as in paper, textile and other industries. This article summarizes the starch
and modification of starch and to produce a novel molecule with various applications in industries including
number of advances in pharmaceutical industry. The unique characteristics of starch and their modified form can
be successfully used as drug delivery carriers in various pharmaceutical preparations. It is widely used as controlled and
sustained release polymer, tablet disintegrant, drug delivery carrier, plasma volume expander and also finds its applicability
in bone tissue engineering and in artificial red cells. It also includes the patents related to starch and modified starch
based products and their commercial utility.
