POWDERS CONTAINING TOCOTRIENOLS, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND TABLETS PREPARED BY COMPRESSION MOLDING THE SAME

• Main Authors: HOSOKAWA, TERUMASA, YOKOI, SHINICHIRO, IKUSHIMA, HEIJI, TANAKA, NOBUKAZU, HORITA, YOSHIHARU, SHISHIDO, TAKESHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.03.2006
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING-UP

There are disclosed herein a powder containing tocotrienol which has an excellent storage stability and a free flowability, a process for preparing the same and a tablet which comprises compressed said powder into a tablet form. There is also disclosed a tocotrienol-containing powder prepared by a process wherein an oil containing a tocotrienol is treated with a lecithin, a cellulose and an emulsifying agent in water to form an emulsion, a powder substance is mixed with the formed emulsion to form a suspension and then the formed suspension is spray-dried.