Thyroid manufacturing process and specifications
The invention relates to a thyroid manufacturing process, and more particularly, to a novel thyroid manufacturing process which encompasses a new drying step during the thyroid extraction step and a further homogenization, which allow in a thyroid product with a controlled value of hormones, and it is essentially free of virus and bacteria.
1 . A thyroid manufacturing process from porcine thyroid glands, comprising the following steps:
i. mincing of the porcine thyroid glands;
ii. washing the minced porcine thyroid glands from step i) using multiple cycles of acetone;
iii. filtering the washed thyroid glands of step ii);
iv. drying the filtered thyroid glands of step iii) at a temperature that ranges between 80° C. and 95° C., for at least 6 hours;
v. milling the dried thyroid glands of step iv) obtaining a milled thyroid product containing thyroid hormones; and
vi. homogenizing the milled thyroid product from step v) with an excipient to dilute the concentration of the thyroid hormones.
2 . The thyroid manufacturing process according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature in step iv) is between 85 and 90° C.
3 . The thyroid manufacturing process according to claim 1 , wherein the excipient in step vi) is selected from lactose, maltodextrin, xylitol, lactitol, and mannitol.
4 . The thyroid manufacturing process according to claim 3 , wherein the excipient in step vi) is lactose.