DERIVATISED CARBOHYDRATES AND THEIR USE IN SOLID DELIVERY SYSTEMS

摘要

In a composition comprising a therapeutic agent and a compound which is a trisaccharide or higher polysaccharide, that compound has the formula X[-Y-Z]n wherein X and Z are each saccharide molecules in which none, some or all OH groups are derivatised; Y is an ester linkage to an/the exocyclic C atom in X, i.e. the 6-C atom in a hexose or the 5-C atom in a pentose; and n is an integer.