title: Applicability, Commercial Utility and Recent Patents on Starch and Starch Derivative as Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery Carrier.
abstract: Natural polymers are widely utilized in pharmaceutical and food industries. Starch, a major carbohydrate is a staple food in human and animal diets which is simply extractable from various sources, like potato, maize, corn, wheat, etc. It is widely used as a raw material in various food and non food industries as well as in paper, textile and other industries. This article summarizes the starch and modification of starch and to produce a novel molecule with various applications in industries including number of advances in pharmaceutical industry. The unique characteristics of starch and their modified form can be successfully used as drug delivery carriers in various pharmaceutical preparations. It is widely used as controlled and sustained release polymer, tablet disintegrant, drug delivery carrier, plasma volume expander and also finds its applicability in bone tissue engineering and in artificial red cells. It also includes the patents related to starch and modified starch based products and their commercial utility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Plot No. 2, Sector 17-A, Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. shreya.4385.pandey@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shreya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Rishabha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malviya
authors.forename: Pramod K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004339:Drug Compounding; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry; D013213:Starch / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry*; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D013213:Starch