Natural polymers and their applications NISCAIR（天然聚合物及其应用NISCAIR）.pdfVIP

Article Natural polymers and their applications 1 2 3 1 S Shanmugam *, R Manavalan , D Venkappayya , K Sundaramoorthy , 4 1 1 V M Mounnissamy , S Hemalatha and T Ayyappan 1 Adhiparasakthi College of Pharmacy, Melmaruvathur – 603 319, Tamil Nadu, India 2Department of Pharmacy, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar – 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India 3 School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur– 613 402, Tamil Nadu, India 4Mother Theresa Institute of Health Sciences, Pondicherry – 605 001, India *Correspondent author, E-mail: tayyaps@yahoo.co.in Received 12 January 2005; Revised 25 April 2005 Abstract contains not less that 1.5% of pyruvic The products from natural sources have become an integral part of human health care acid. It is a cream coloured powder, system because of some side effects and toxicity of synthetic drugs. Applications of natural polymers soluble in hot and cold water and neutral in pharmacy are comparable to the synthetic polymers and they possess wide scope in food and to litmus. A 1% solution has viscosity of cosmetic industries. The present paper gives a state-of-the-art of available information on naturally about 1000 centipoises. available po