Abstract

RECENT ADVANCES AND APPLICATION OF JACKFRUIT SEED STARCH AND ITS DERIVATIVES IN DRUG DELIVERY: A REVIEW

*Gaurab Kurmi, Dr. Bhupen Kalita and Smriti Rekha Chandra Das

Abstract

Starch found in many green plants and they are naturally occurring polymers. It found in plant roots, stems, leaves, nuts, seeds, bulbs staple crops such as corn, rice, wheat, and potato. it widely used textile, adhesive, cosmetics, foods, and pharmaceutical industries. Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam is known as jackfruit which belongs to the family ―Moraceae‖. It is one of the largest tree – borne fruit in the world. Studies shown that the starch extracted from the seeds of jackfruit has lots of properties such as it used as a super disintegrate, drug carrier, used in the modified release dosage forms, it also used as a thickening agent in food industry.

Keywords: jackfruit seed starch, modification, delivery.