Sugar Spheres

Product Detail

Brief Introduction of Sugar Spheres


Drug loaded pellets can be classified by their method of release into sustained-release, controlled-release pellets. The matrix of the drug pellet is sugar sphere.

 

Sugar spheres are drug-free cores which are coated by a suspension or a solution of Active Ingredients. As critical pharmaceutic adjuvant for controlled or sustained release drug delivery technologies, sugar spheres can be used as cores for the manufacture of sustained & controlled-release pellets for both western and Chinese traditional medicines.

Sugar spheres are inert pellets composed by sucrose and starch, which offer an excellent quality: a homogeneous population of sugar spheres with a high sphericity.

 

The main advantage of using sugar spheres is to produce pellets with a uniformity of drug content in the final dosage form (capsules).

 

Specification:

Item	Specification
Appearance	White or kind of white near circular pellets.
Specific Rotation	Not less than + 41 o
Identification	Conforms
Particle Size	Not less than 90%
Loss on Drying	Not more than 4.0%
Residue on Ignition	Not more than 0.25%
Heavy Metals	Not more than 0.0005%
Microbial Limits
Total Microbial Count	Not More Than 1000CFU/gram
Total Mold and Yeast	Not More Than 100CFU/gram
Escherichia  Coli	Negative

 

Particle Sizes: 0.355 - 1.40  mm

Packaging and Storage: Preserved in well-closed, and store in a dry place

Shelf Life: 18 Months