G0503
Karaya gum
Synonym(s):
Gum karaya from sterculia tree, Tragacanth Indian
biological source
plant fluids (Gum karaya)
form
powder
color
faint yellow to brown
storage temp.
room temp
Quality Level
Application
Karaya gum may be used for the development of gastro intestinal tract drug delivery vehicles, mucoadhesive sustained release drug delivery and noneffervescent floating drug delivery systems in combination with alginate.
Other Notes
Believed to be a partially acetylated polymer of galactose, rhamnose, and glucuronic acid with a M.W. of approx. 9,500,000.
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 2
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)
Regulatory Information
植物油/植物胶产品
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Takashi Koguchi et al.
International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition, 73(5), 369-376 (2003-12-03)
This study was performed to clarify how dietary fiber (DF) with different viscosities would be associated with dietary RNA metabolism. Male Wistar strain rats, four weeks old, were fed diets containing a 3% (w/w) yeast RNA and a 5% (w/w)
Biswajit Mukherjee et al.
Current drug delivery, 6(2), 199-207 (2009-05-20)
Toothache is a serious problem worldwide. To give relief from this intolerable toothache, doctors prescribe painkillers along with antibiotics. Most of the painkillers, if not all, produce hyperacidity and gastric irritation upon oral administration. Oral antibiotics have slow onset of
Calum R Park et al.
Drug development and industrial pharmacy, 30(6), 609-617 (2004-08-03)
Some naturally occurring biocompatible materials were evaluated as mucoadhesive controlled release excipients for buccal drug delivery. A range of tablets were prepared containing 0-50% w/w xanthan gum, karaya gum, guar gum, and glycol chitosan and were tested for swelling, drug
S Singh et al.
Current drug delivery, 4(4), 269-275 (2007-11-06)
The present investigation concerns the development of floating matrix tablets of metoclopramide hydrochloride (MHCl) for improving its bioavailability by prolonging gastric residence time. Floating matrix tablets (FMT) of MHCl were prepared using the polymers guar gum (GG), karaya gum (KG)
Sadia Afrose et al.
Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.), 29(5), 350-354 (2009-06-27)
Different sources of saponins are known to have hypocholesterolemic activity with varying degrees of efficacy. We hypothesize that karaya root saponin would efficiently reduce cholesterol. The aim of this study is to examine the comparative hypocholesterolemic effect of karaya root
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