What exactly is the ideal excipient?
The one which helps make ingestion easier for customers and manufacturing simpler for producers. Not just an excipient which is permissible to use, but one that stretches beyond standard functionality. Microcrystalline cellulose may be the exact binding agent you are searching for. It won't gel like methyl-cellulose and if compared to other binding agents it appears to provide the optimal degree of brittleness whilst staying lubricant sensitive.
Specifications
CAS number: 9004-34-6
Molecular formula: (C6H10O5)n
Appearance: Fine white powder
Physical state: Solid
Storage: Store at room temperature
Melting point: 260–270 °C; 500–518 °F;
Density: 1.5 g/cm3
Bulk Density: 0.4g/cm3
Solubility in water: None
Microcrystalline Cellulose, generally named MCC, is produced in a controlled environment. The end result is a pure, white powder without any taste or smell, able to add form and hardness to your tablets. MCC maintains the necessary advantages of a diluent. It is effective as a bulking agent in your tablet or capsule, giving the desirable weight for your customers. Microcrystalline cellulose has minimal bulk density, increasing flow characteristics. Easy flow helps to ensure that each ingredient is consistently spread throughout a mixture. If the mix is consistent, each tablet will have the same quantity of each ingredient at the end of production, creating a quality product.
Microcrystalline Cellulose really does its job, and also it does it well. It works well with many other popular excipients and is a integral part of many manufacturers formulas. Binders undoubtedly are a crucial element in the tableting process simply because they ensure “hardness" in a tablet.
- Consistent Tablets and Capsules: Minimal bulk density of 0.4g/cm3 and average particle size of 100 microns. MCC 102 features a large particle size distribution to enhance flowability and compressibility. Ensure uniform weights in capsule filling, dry granulation, and direct compression tablet production.
- Favorable Tablet Formation Properties: Tablet binder for dry blends and roller compacted formulations. Insoluble in water, making it ideal for wet-granulation processes without gelling.
- Food Safe Ingredient: Tasteless, non-caloric excipient. Inert and will not react with other ingredients. For safe and stable pharmaceutical and food formulations.
- Generally Recognized as Safe: One of the most common and effective fillers thst is GRAS, or generally recognized as safe. LFA MCC 102 is vegetarian, halal, kosher, and GRAS.
- Made in the USA: LFA excipients are manufactured in Fort Worth, Texas to cGMP standards in our ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 22000:2018 facility. Each batch is third party inspected to meet pharmaceutical capsule and tablet manufacturing food safety requirements.
- Consistent Tablets and Capsules: Minimal bulk density of 0.4g/cm3 and average particle size of 100 microns. MCC 102 features a large particle size distribution to enhance flowability and compressibility. Ensure uniform weights in capsule filling, dry granulation, and direct compression tablet production.
- Favorable Tablet Formation Properties: Tablet binder for dry blends and roller compacted formulations. Insoluble in water, making it ideal for wet-granulation processes without gelling.
- Food Safe Ingredient: Tasteless, non-caloric excipient. Inert and will not react with other ingredients. For safe and stable pharmaceutical and food formulations.
- Generally Recognized as Safe: One of the most common and effective fillers thst is GRAS, or generally recognized as safe. LFA MCC 102 is vegetarian, halal, kosher, and GRAS.
- Made in the USA: LFA excipients are manufactured in Fort Worth, Texas to cGMP standards in our ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 22000:2018 facility. Each batch is third party inspected to meet pharmaceutical capsule and tablet manufacturing food safety requirements.
