Patent ID: 7087587

Claim:
A process for the preparation of tablets comprising S-adenosylmethionine and/or a pharmaceutically and/or dietarily acceptable salt thereof, comprising at a relative humidity, at 20° C., lower or equal to 20%, the following steps: a) blending of said S-adenosylmethionine and/or a pharmaceutically and/or dietarily acceptable salt thereof with 1.0–30.0% of calcium sulfate and/or phosphate, 1.0–10.0% of calcium and/or magnesium carbonate, 1.0–15.0% of glycerol behenate and/or palmitostearate and 0.5–5.0% of silica, the amounts being expressed as weight percentages to the weight of said S-adenosylmethionine and/or a pharmaceutically and/or dietarily acceptable salt thereof; b) compressing the blend resulting from step a); c) coating the blend resulting from step b) by 0.5–2.5% of glycerol palmitostearate and 0.5–2.5% of caprylic/capric triglyceride, at a temperature of 35° C.–45° C., after 10 to 30 minutes at 60° C.–65° C., the quantities being expressed as weight percentages to the total weight of the blend resulting from step b).