Microcrystalline Cellulose
What you are buying
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You are purchasing
pharmaceutical grade Microcrystalline Cellulose.
Packaging of the product is dependent on the
quantity purchased, more information on this can
be found on the packaging page.
Description: Microcrystalline is a
fine powder with spherical granuals to provide
flowability.
Microcrystalline Cellulose
Uses
- Microcrystalline Cellulose is commonly used
in tablet making.
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Microcrystalline Cellulose
revolutionised tablet making because of its
unique
compressibility and carrying capacity. It exhibits
excellent properties as an excipient for solid
dosage forms. It compacts well under minimum
compression pressures; it has high binding
capability
and creates tablets that are extremely hard and
stable yet disintegrate rapidly. Other advantages
include low friability, inherent lubricity, and the
highest dilution potential of all binders. These
properties make Microcrystalline Cellulose
particularly valuable as a filler and binder for
formulations prepared by direct compression,
though it also is used in wet or dry granulation
and
for spheronisation / pelletisation.
Information on Microcrystalline
Cellulose
Microcrystalline Cellulose is
cellulose that is derived from high quality wood
pulp. While cellulose is the most abundant organic
material, Microcrystalline Cellulose can only be
derived from a special grade of alpha
cellulose.
