Veterinarian : Lecithins & Phospholipids

Phospholipids have been widely used as excipients in human medicine for decades. There are also several products on the market in veterinary medicine that take advantage of the versatile benefits of phospholipids.

These natural, biocompatible and non-toxic excipients extracted from soy or egg yolk show excellent performance and meet the increasingly stringent regulatory requirements for veterinary products. They are multipurpose excipients that can contribute many functions to veterinary formulations.

Phospholipids are suitable for all routes of administration. In addition to their technical use as wetting, solubilizing, emulsifying, depot-forming and liposome-forming agents, they can also functionally enhance pharmaceutical products as permeation promoters, bioavailability enhancers, moisturizers and texturizers.

Furthermore, they are physiologically occurring components and therefore irrelevant for residue testing in milk and meat. Phospholipids are odorless or have a characteristic slightly nutty odor and a mild taste, whereas synthetic emulsifiers mostly have a bitter taste.

They are even able to suppress bitter taste without affecting other flavor qualities and are therefore perfectly suited for taste-sensitive animals such as cats. When administered as injectables, phospholipids are known to have an excellent safety profile, without any risk of inducing allergic reactions or anaphylactic shocks, unlike other potentially harmful synthetic surfactants.