Natural origin excipients aid in the processing of the drug delivery system during its manufacture, protect, support or enhance stability, bioavailability or patient acceptability, assist in product identification, or enhance any other attribute of the overall safety, effectiveness or delivery of the drug during storage or use. Natural excipients find applications in the pharmaceutical industry as binding agents, disintegrates, sustaining agents, protectives, colloids, thickening agents, gelling agents, bases in suppositories, stabilizers, and coating materials.