Degussa Aktiengesellschaft

Skw Trostberg Aktiengesellschaft

J&uuml;rgen Heidlas

Johann Wiesm&uuml;ller

Martin Ober

J&uuml;rgen Graefe

Karl-Heinz Zirzow

Franz Michlbauer

For the preparation of pulverulent particle-reduced formulations with the aid of compressed gases, the solid compound to be formulated, a poorly soluble and usually bioactive active compound, is homogeneously ground together with 10-99% by weight (based on the formulation) of a carrier material which is essentially soluble in the compressed gas mixture, in the presence of compressed gas or mixtures thereof in a stirred autoclave having a mechanical grinding device at process temperatures between 10 and 200&deg; C. and at process pressures between 5 and 500 bar, and in a second process stage the compressed gas mixture, usually dimethyl ether, pure propane and/or carbon dioxide, is expanded by lowering the pressure and separated off from the homogenate, which can also be present as a melt. Finally, the pulverulent particle-reduced formulation is recovered from the homogenate obtained, with which significant improvements in the solubility properties and in particular in the bioavailability of originally poorly soluble and nonsoluble compounds are to be achieved.

Method for producing powdery particle-reduced formulations with the aid of compressed gases

This invention relates to homogeneous, anhydrous formulations which contain glycerophospholipids and polar or lipophilic substances (eg, physiologically active ingredients) in a molar ratio of 1:0.001 to 1:2, and maybe anhydrous formulation aids, eg, in the form of glycerol, in a molar ratio of 1:0.001 to 1:1, expressed in terms of the glycerophospholipids, the components forming such stable aggregates with one another as to render the formulations ideal for the preparation of dispersions, emulsions and/or suspensions in many fields of application, these including the food-processing sector, biotechnology, and the pharmaceuticals industry. The formulations are produced in an extraction column using compressed hydrocarbons, and are obtained from the column as a melt.

Homogenous water-free formulations containing glycerophospholipids and polar or lipophilic substances, method for the production thereof

The invention relates to oil-free glycerophospholipid formulations which contain a homogeneous mixture of glycerophospholipids and an anhydrous, liquid polyol compound such as glycerol in a molar ratio of 1:0.1 to 1. These formulations are produced, eg, by extracting a starting material consisting of an oil-containing glycerophospholipid (mixture) and the polyol component with a compressed hydrocarbon (mixture) in a rectifying column. The oil-free formulation can be obtained from the melt at the bottom of the column in the form of free-flowing powder, which is ideally suited for stabilising oil-in-water emulsions.

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Trostberg, Germany

Jürgen Heidlas

Growing community of inventors

Trostberg, Germany

J&uuml;rgen Heidlas

Jürgen Heidlas