GELATIN CONTAINING BETA - CAROTENE

• Main Authors: AHMED HEGASY, MANFRED WINTER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.03.1987
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DYES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LAKES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MORDANTS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; POLISHES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS

Light-fast capsules for dihydropyridines such as nifedipine and nisoldipine are formed of gelatin colored with a mixture of beta -carotene and iron oxide.