Journal
QUIMICA NOVA
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 292-299Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA QUIMICA
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-40422011000200023
Keywords
galactomannans; pharmaceutical use; drug delivery
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico-CNPq [555169/2005-7]
- Fundacao Araucaria
- PRONEX
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PHARMACEUTICAL USE OF GALACTOMANNANS. The pharmaceutical use of galactomannans from different sources, commercial and noncommercial, has been extensively studied over the past decade. Galactomannans show potential in the global trend towards the use of more plant-based products for ecological motives, and their production and application do not cause pollution or disturb the ecosystem. There is a variety of galactomannan sources and various pharmaceutical forms of application, such as tablets or capsules, hydrogels and films. Besides the simple use as inert excipient this polysaccharides play role in the modification of drug release, especially in colonic environmental, as a matrix or coating material.
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