Anti-biotics

Tiny E. A | 15:15 Wed 21st Mar 2007 | Body & Soul

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What is the shell made out of that contains the anti-biotics that you get from a pharmicist? Its looks and feels like plastic but it's soluble.

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jenky

Those 'slow-release' type tablets that have a casing that dissolves over time, often use shellac - a secretion produced by insects.

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Cheers jenky

Also gelatin capsules are used.

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