Sodium starch glycolate (DST) is the sodium salt of a
carboxymethyl ether of starch, is an excipient as super
disintergrant in pharm. tablet, granules and food processing.
It owns a property of rapid absorption of water into the
tablet, plus an enormous swelling of its particles (about 25
times of original volume) to help reducing the disintegration
time of tablet considerably, and increases the absorption rate
of ingredients. It is effective both in tablets prepared
either by direct compression or by wet granulation.
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