| abstract |
Improved glidants having excellent gliding properties, i.e., improving or eliminating those disadvantages encountered in the prior art, for example, capping of the finished pharmaceutical preparations, delayed disintegration of the finished pharmaceutical preparations, lowering of the dissolution-out rate of the active ingredient and the like, which comprises certain known glidants wet-treated with a surface active agent, said known glidants being selected from higher fatty acids, the metal salts thereof and hydrogenated vegetable oils. The present glidants are prepared by subjecting the known glidants to wet treatment with a surface active agent. |