Microcrystalline Cellulose for medicine

Test Items

Specification

Assay(dry)

*7.****2.0%

Fineness

Residue on *0mesh≤1%, **0mesh≤*0%

PH

**7

Solute in water

≤0.*4%  high  water-absorbing 

Conductance

≤*5us/cm

Remains in aether

≤0.*5%

Loss on drying

≤7.0%

Residue on ignition

≤0.*5%

Heavy metals

≤*0ppm

Organic volatile impurities

Conform

Bioburden

Conform

 1) Microcrystalline cellulose powder  is also capable of emulsifying, that is,

preventing the separation of oils and other ingredients that would not normally mix.

2) Another area where cellulose is useful to food manufacturers is in adding bulk. Microcrystalline cellulose powder is used as a filler to increase the volume and mass of a product while reducing the use of more expensive items like flour, refined white sugar or fat. As an added advantage, cellulose is not digested, so it does not add any calories to food. In fact, cellulose also has the ability to hold moisture, so it is used as a fat replacement; for example, it is added to prepared, diet meat products to make them juicy without fat content.

3)   In the food industry MCC as an important functional foods*-dietary fiber, is an ideal health food additive.

4)MCC can used in low calorie ice cream (instead of milk fat)

 1) Microcrystalline cellulose powder is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry as an excipient, that is, an inert substance which binds with the active ingredient for safe delivery into the bloodstream. It prevents the medicine from being destroyed in the stomach. It may also be a filler to fill out tablets or capsules when the volume of medicine is small.It can also use as capsule thinner.

2) Microcrystalline cellulose can also used for health care product   like  spiral seaweed 

3) mianly used for chemical medicine