Maize Starch
Premium pharmaceutical grade natural starch derived from corn with excellent binding and disintegrating properties.
Premium pharmaceutical grade natural starch derived from corn with excellent binding and disintegrating properties.
Maize Starch (Corn Starch) is a natural polysaccharide derived from corn kernels. It serves as an excellent pharmaceutical excipient with versatile applications in tablet formulations, providing binding, disintegrating, and filling properties.
| Appearance | White to off-white powder |
| Particle Size | 95% through 100 mesh |
| Moisture Content | ≤ 13.0% |
| Bulk Density | 0.40 - 0.60 g/cm³ |
| Tapped Density | 0.55 - 0.75 g/cm³ |
| Carr's Index | ≤ 20% |
| pH (10% suspension) | 4.5 - 7.0 |
| Starch Content | ≥ 98% |
| Protein | ≤ 0.35% |
| Fat | ≤ 0.05% |
| Heavy Metals | ≤ 10 ppm |
| Lead | ≤ 2 ppm |
| Arsenic | ≤ 2 ppm |
| Total Aerobic Count | ≤ 1000 CFU/g |
| Yeast & Mold | ≤ 100 CFU/g |
| E. coli | Absent/g |
| Salmonella | Absent/25g |
| S. aureus | Absent/g |
Excellent binding agent for wet granulation processes.
Provides rapid disintegration for improved drug release.
Cost-effective filler for tablet formulations.
Used as a filler in hard gelatin capsules.
Anti-adherent and lubricant in tablet manufacturing.
Used in liquid formulations as a suspending agent.