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Starch is also utilized in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Starch derivatives often have special functions in tablets: they act as a disintegration aid. Specially modified starch derivatives give tablets good stability, provide low abrasion and stable consistency. In moistened condition, i.e. during oral intake the starches swell heavily. This accelerates the disintegration the tablet and finally leads to the liberation of the effective substance. Further applications in pharmacy include starches for the production of hard and soft capsules as well as highly purified starch derivatives as basic material for the production of blood plasma substitutes.