Product Range & Product Grades

Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC ) -IP / USP / Ph. Eur.

RanQ's RANCEL™ brand MCC is manufactured from virgin wood -pulp specially imported from paper mill with facility for manufacturing MCC grade wood-pulp. RanQ MCC is spray dried with excellent flow properties . RanQ MCC meets standards set in USP/NF, Ph.Eur. & BP. However equally important are the in-house specifications for parameters like Degree of Polymerization (DOP), particle size distribution, bulk density, moisture content and flow properties . At RanQ all these parameters have been thoroughly analysed and inhouse limits are in place to ensure optimum performance in terms of compressibility, friability, hardness and D.T. in the end formulations. These properties are not enumerated in the pharmacopoeia's but are vital for the consistent performance of MCC as binder/filler. The grades of RANCEL™ MCC are given below, but RanQ can tailor make MCC as per the formulators limits for the various physical parameters.

Sodium Starch Glycollate (SSG )

RanQ's RANJEL™ is manufactured only from Potato Starch. It has been conclusively proved that swelling properties of SSG manufactured from Potato Starch are far superior to that manufactured from maize, rice or tapioca starch . While other starches are readily available in India, Potato starch is imported from Holland. Ranjel™ is manufactured under controlled reaction parameters to ensure batch to batch consistency of swelling and hydration properties which in turn would ensure consistent D.T. in end formulations . RanQ's SSG meets standards set in USP/NF, Ph.Eur., BP. & compares favorably with the best available in the world markets but for the price which is competitive.

Co-processed Excipients

RanQ has made pioneering efforts in introducing co-processed excipients with the major advantages of elimination of wet granulation production stages , premixed excipients avoiding the need for keeping and adding various excipients required for the formulation & the synergetic effect of having a homogenous mix. RanQ's Co-processed excipients would provide for sturdy formulations and the grades mentioned below are particularly advantageous for Mouth dissolving/Dispersible formulations. A study made for RanQ's Co- processed excipients is available on request. The following grades are approved for production by the India FDA are being regularly used in commercial productions.

RanExplo - C : MCC + Colloidal Silicon Dioxide + Crospovidone
RanExplo - S : MCC + Colloidal Silicon Dioxide + Sodium Starch Glycollate

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