Product Description

• Cargill’s pharmaceutical lecithin products are isolated from soy.
• Our lecithins are interface active and an effective way to keep oil-in-water as well as water-in-oil emulsions stable, preventing separation of the phases.
• Suspensions can also be stabilized by lecithins.
• Acts as a wetting agent, used for viscosity reduction, as release agents, and for crystallization control.
• Lecithin can be used as a most common Phospholipid (PL) excipients for solid PL formulations.
• It is used to enhance the bioavailability in some drugs by increasing the Solubility/Dissolution.

Benefits/Advantages

• Prominently used as a solubiliser, emulsifier, lubricant, controlled release agent.
• Non GMO.
• Better water dispersibility, Good for oil-in-water emulsion.
• Superior wetting and dispersibility properties.

Applications

• Phosphatidylcholine (PC) content : 11-13
• Recommended use 1 to 5% (Depends on nature of application and uses)
• Solid dosage forms, wetting and dispersing agent for tablets and powders
• Release agent for capsules
• Fat crystallization delay in suppositories
• Liquid dosage forms
• Emulsifying and refattening agent for ointments
• Emulsifying agent in liquid emulsions
• Medicated confectionery
• Conventional chewing gum