Nov 15,2024

Application of Pullulan Capsules in Plant Extracts
Plant extracts, as important ingredients in nutritional supplements, are usually rich in a variety of active substances, such as flavonoids, phenols, terpenoids, etc. These active ingredients are very sensitive to external environmental factors such as oxygen, light and moisture, and exposure to inappropriate conditions can easily to their degradation and failure. With its oxygen barrier properties, Pullulan capsules can effectively reduce the penetration of oxygen, thereby delaying the oxidation process of the active ingredients in the plant extracts and maintaining their long-term stability and effect. Compared with traditional gelatin capsules and HPMC capsules, Pullulan capsules are in protecting plant extracts and can significantly extend the validity period of these ingredients, ensuring that consumers can obtain the results when using them.

In addition, the chemical stability of Pullulan capsules ensures that the capsule material itself will not react with ingredients in the plant extracts, avoiding the negative impact of cross-linking reactions on product quality. For highly active ingredients such as plant essential oils and antioxidants (such as vitamin C, vitamin E, etc.), the protection provided by Pullulan capsules can better ensure the stability of these ingredients throughout the shelf life, thus improving the quality of the final product .

Application of Pullulan Capsules in Antioxidants
Antioxidants are another class of ingredients that are extremely sensitive to oxygen and light. Many antioxidants, such as vitamin C, vitamin E and beta-carotene, have powerful antioxidant effects, but they are prone to oxidation reactions when exposed to the air for too long, resulting in reduced effectiveness. To ensure that these antioxidants can fully exert their antioxidant effects, encapsulating Pullulan is an ideal solution.

The oxygen barrier properties provided by Pullulan capsules can effectively prevent oxygen from entering the interior of the capsule and prevent the oxidative degradation of antioxidants. In addition, Pullulan capsules' resistance to moisture and light provides additional protection against antioxidants. Using Pullulan capsules to package antioxidants can extend their shelf life, ensuring consumers get a more efficient and stable product.

Application of Pullulan capsules in medicine
In pharmaceutical preparations, especially for drugs whose active ingredients are not resistant to oxidation, moisture or light, how to effectively protect the stability of pharmaceutical ingredients is an important challenge facing the pharmaceutical industry. Due to their chemical inertness and oxygen barrier function, Pullulan capsules are ideal for protecting active pharmaceutical ingredients.

For example, many antibiotics, hormone drugs, anti-cancer drugs, etc. are easily decomposed when exposed to oxygen or moisture, reducing their efficacy. Pullulan capsules can not only effectively isolate oxygen and prevent the oxidation reaction of drug ingredients, but also prevent the drug from reacting with the capsule material, thereby avoiding affecting the efficacy of the drug. In addition, the stability of Pullulan capsules can ensure that the drug maintains its original efficacy throughout the shelf life, ensuring that patients obtain the therapeutic effect during use.

Other advantages of Pullulan capsules
In addition to oxygen barrier properties and chemical stability, Pullulan capsules have many other advantages that make them widely used in multiple industries. First of all, Pullulan capsules are naturally derived polysaccharides and are suitable for vegetarians and people allergic to animal products, meeting the needs of an increasing number of consumers. Secondly, Pullulan capsules are highly transparent, making it easier for consumers to observe the internal contents, which increases the transparency and credibility of the product.