Sodium Starch Glycolate
Pharmaceutical

Sodium Starch Glycolate

Sodium starch glycolate is a white to off-white, tasteless, odorless, relatively free flowing powder. Sodium starch glycolate is used as a pharmaceutical grade dissolution excipient for tablets and capsules. Sodium starch glycolate absorbs water rapidly, resulting in swelling which leads to rapid disintegration of tablets and granules. It is used as a disintegrant, a suspending agent and as a gelling agent. Without a disintegrant, tablets may not dissolve appropriately and may affect the amount of active ingredient absorbed, thereby decreasing effectiveness.

Pharmaceutical companies add sodium starch glycolate to capsules and tablets to help make them disintegrate and dissolve better, making it easier for your body to absorb the medication. It does this by absorbing water quickly so the pill swells and breaks apart into small pieces. It can also be used to help form gels.

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ADVANTAGES
  • The disintegrant efficiency of sodium starch glycolate remains unaffected even in the presence of hydrophobic excipients such as lubricants.
  • The granules exhibit significant swelling when they come in contact with water.
  • Increased tablet compression pressure does not affect the disintegration time.
APPLICATIONS
  • Sodium starch glycolate is used as a disintegrant in oral pharmaceutical capsules.
  • SSG can be used in both direct-compression and wet-granulation processes.
  • SSG can be used as a suspending vehicle.
  • SSG acts as a dissolution-enhancing agent.
UNIQUE FEATURES of SANCEL
  • Strong swelling properties
  • Good flowability and mixing characteristics
  • High brightness

Sodium Starch Glycolate - Specifications

Product Specifications

Compendium Standards

Parameters USP – NF
Identification A, B, C, D Complies
pH – Type A 5.5 – 7.5
pH – Type B 3.0 – 5.0
Loss on Drying, % NMT 10
Heavy Metals, ppm NMT 20
Sodium Chloride, % NMT 7
Sodium Glycolate, % NMT 2
Assay % – Type A 2.8 – 4.2
Assay % – Type B 2.0 – 3.4
Swelling Volume, ml* –
Limit of Iron, % NMT 0.002
Microbiology Limits
Escherichia Coli Absent in 1g Sample
Salmonella Species Absent in a 10g Sample

Packaging Details

Type Size
HDPE Bags 25 Kg
HDPE Bags 20 Kg
Paper Bags 25 Kg
Paper Bags 20 Kg
FIBC 300 Kg

*Our standard packaging is in 25 kg Bags. We can also customize packaging as per customers request at additional cost.

Container Palletized Non-Palletized
20 Ft. (Approx Wt.) 10,000 Kg 12,000 Kg
40 Ft. (Approx Wt.) 20,000 Kg 24,000 Kg

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