Clay and non-clay minerals in the pharmaceutical industry

Clay and non-clay minerals in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries Part II. Active ingredients

Multifaceted role of clay minerals in pharmaceuticals

The desirable physical and physiochemical properties of clay minerals have led them to play a substantial role in pharmaceutical formulations. Clay minerals like kaolin, smectite and palygorskite-sepiolite are among the world's most valuable industrial minerals and of considerable importance. The elemental features of clay minerals which caused them to be used in pharmaceutical formulations are...

Killer Clays! Natural antibacterial clay minerals

Clay minerals have been used in medicinal applications since Aboriginal times (Carretaro, 2002; Wilson, 2003). Clay poultices are used to heal wounds; people eat clays to coat stomach linings and soothe indigestion; animals eat clay containing trace elements (e.g., As) that can kill worms. The reasons that various clay minerals are effective as medicines may be as variable as the ailment, but b...

Clay minerals and their beneficial effects upon human health. A review

This work examines the beneficial effects for human health of clay minerals, describing their use in pharmaceutical formulations, spas and aesthetic medicine. Their therapeutic action as active principles in pharmaceutical formulations orally administered (gastrointestinal protectors, laxatives, antidiarrhoeaics) or for topical applications (dermatological protectors and cosmetics) is described...

Interactions of Clay Minerals with Organic Polymers. Some Practical Applications

An account is given of the interactions between clay minerals and organic polymers with particular reference to their applications in agriculture, foundation engineering and industry.