Recent advances in the use of animal-sourced gelatine as natural polymers for food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Mohd Shakrie Palan, Noordin, Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail, Syed Ibrahim, Mustapha, Nur Murnisa, Jasamai, Malina, Danik, Mohd Fairuz, Wan Ismail, Wan Zakiah, Shamsuddin, Ahmad Fuad
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22737/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-47-2-2018/UKM%20SAINSMalaysiana%2047(02)Feb%202018%2015.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Gelatine is used as an excipient for various pharmaceutical dosage forms, such as capsule shells (both hard and soft), tablets, suspensions, emulsions and injections (e.g. plasma expanders). It is also broadly used in various industries such as food and cosmetics. Gelatine is a biopolymer obtained f...