Nicotine containing stimulant unit
OwnerAnders Daminventor
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Abstract
A saliva-soluble stimulant unit comprising an active ingredient and optional ingredients comprising flavor and aroma additives incorporated in a gel prepared by gelling a water-binding gelling agent, in which the active ingredient comprises nicotine or other alkaloids with the same direction of activity, said unit having i) a texture profile, determined by texture profile analysis, with parameter values of firmness, hardness, brittleness, adhesiveness, elasticity, and cohesiveness within given ranges; (ii) a disintegration time within the range 5-60 minutes; and (iii) a nicotine content from 0.5 to 10 mg or a corresponding content of said alkaloids.
Claims23
A saliva-soluble stimulant unit having a gel structure, said unit consisting essentially of a gel and from 0.5 to 10 mg of nicotine, said gel being prepared by gelling a water-binding gelling agent selected from the group consisting of agar, algin, carrageenan, guar gum, gum arabic, gum ghatti, gum tragacanth, karaya gum, locust bean gum, pectin, xanthan gum, gelatine, modified starch, unmodified starch, synthetic polysaccharide used in production of confectionery products, natural polysaccharide used in production of confectionery products, and mixture thereof, said unit having:
- (a) a texture profile, determined by texture profile analysis, with parameter values within the following ranges:
- (i) firmness having a moduls greater than 100 N/cm.sup.2 ;
- (ii) hardness having a maximum force occurring during a first cycle compression of greater than 5 N/cm.sup.2 ;
- (iii) brittleness having a strain percentage required to break the gel of at least 30%;
- (iv) adhesiveness having a ratio between the area of the negative peak between two compression cycles and the area of the first peak of from 0 to 70%;
- (v) elasticity having a ratio 100.times.(D - d)/D within the range from 25 to 100%, where D is the sample height (cm) before the first compression cycle, and d is the permanent deformation of the sample (cm) before the second compression cycle;
- (vi) cohesiveness having a total work ratio between the first and second compression cycle within the range from 25 to 100%;
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- (b) a disintegration time within 5-60 minutes when measured at 37.degree. C. using a disintegration test apparatus according to Ph. Eur. second edition, V.5.1.1.
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