Category: Inactive Ingredients

General Description Synonyms:  Anhydrous 60M; Anhydrous Direct Tableting (DT); Anhydrous DT High Velocity; Anhydrous Impalpable; Lactopress Anhydrous; Lactopress Anhydrous 250; lactosum anhydricum; lattosio; milk sugar; SuperTab 21AN; SuperTab 22AN; saccharum lactis. Description:  Anhydrous lactose occurs as white to off-white crystalline particles or powder. Several different brands of anhydrous lactose are commercially available which contain anhydrous…

General Description Synonyms: E966; b-galactosido-sorbitol; Finlac DC; lactil; lactite; lactitolum monohydricum; lactobiosit; lactosit; Lacty. Description: Lactitol occurs as white orthorhombic crystals. It is odorless with a sweet taste that imparts a cooling sensation. It is available in powdered form and in a range of crystal sizes. The directly compressible form is a water-granulated product of…

General Description Synonyms:  Acidum lacticum; E270; Eco-Lac; 2-hydroxypropanoic acid; ahydroxypropionic acid; DL-lactic acid; Lexalt L; milk acid; Patlac LA; Purac 88 PH; racemic lactic acid. Description:  Lactic acid consists of a mixture of 2-hydroxypropionic acid, its condensation products, such as lactoyllactic acid and other polylactic acids, and water. It is usually in the form of…

General Description Synonyms: Argilla; bolus alba; China clay; E559; kaolinite; kaolinum ponderosum; Lion; porcelain clay; Sim 90; weisserton; white bole. Description: Kaolin occurs as a white to grayish-white colored, unctuous powder free from gritty particles. It has a characteristic earthy or claylike taste, and when moistened with water it becomes darker in color and develops…

General Description Synonyms: Emerest 2316; hexadecanoic acid isopropyl ester; hexadecanoic acid 1-methylethyl ester; isopropyl hexadecanoate; isopropylis palmitas; Isopropylpalmitat; Kessco IPP; Lexol IPP-NF; Liponate IPP; palmitic acid isopropyl ester; Propal; Protachem IPP; Rita IPP; Stepan IPP; Super Refined Crodamol IPP; Tegosoft P; Unimate IPP; Waglinol 6016; Wickenol 111. Description:Isopropyl palmitate is a clear, colorless to pale…

General Description Synonyms: Estol IPM; HallStar IPM-NF; isopropyl ester of myristic acid; Isopropylmyristat; isopropylis myristas; Kessco IPM 95; Lexol IPM-NF; myristic acid isopropyl ester; Rita IPM; Stepan IPM; Super Refined Crodamol IPM; Tegosoft M; tetradecanoic acid, 1- methylethyl ester; Waglinol 6014. Description: Isopropyl myristate is a clear, colorless, practically odorless liquid of low viscosity that…

General Description Synonyms: Alcohol isopropylicus; dimethyl carbinol; IPA; isopropanol; petrohol; 2-propanol; sec-propyl alcohol; rubbing alcohol. Description:Isopropyl alcohol is a clear, colorless, mobile, volatile, flammable liquid with a characteristic, spirituous odor resembling that of a mixture of ethanol and acetone; it has a slightly bitter taste. Chemical Name: Propan-2-ol Functions Disinfectant; solvent. Uses Isopropyl alcohol (propan-2-ol)…

General Description Synonyms: C*PharmIsoMaltidex; E953; galenIQ; hydrogenated isomaltulose; hydrogenated palatinose; IsoMaltidex 16500; isomaltum; Palatinit. Description:  Isomalt is a sugar alcohol (polyol) that occurs as a white or almost white powder or granular or crystalline substance. It has a pleasant sugarlike taste with a mild sweetness approximately 50–60% of that of sucrose. Chemical Name: Isomalt Functions…

General Description Synonyms: (a) Iron oxide black: Bayferrox 306; black magnetic oxide; black oxide, precipitated; black rouge; CI 77499; E172; ethiops iron; ferric ferrous oxide; ferrosoferric oxide; Ferroxide 78P; Ferroxide 88P; iron oxide; iron (II, III) oxide; iron oxides (FeO); magnetite; Mapico Black EC; pigment black 11; Sicovit B80; Sicovit B85; triiron tetraoxide. (b) Iron…

General Description Synonyms: Beneo; Frutafit; oligofructose; Orafti; polyfructose; Raftiline Description: Inulin occurs as an odorless white powder with a neutral to slightly sweet taste. Chemical Name:Inulin Functions Diagnostic aid; sweetening agent; tablet binder. Uses Inulin has many potential uses in pharmaceutical applications, as a filler–binder in tablet formulations; to stabilize therapeutic proteins; or to enhance…

General Description Synonyms: Biopure 100; Germall 115; imidazolidinyl urea; methanebis[N,N0 (5-ureido-2,4-diketotetrahydroimidazole)-N,N-dimethylol]; 1,10 – methylenebis{3-[3-(hydroxymethyl)-2,5-dioxo-4-imidazolidinyl]urea}; Tri-Stat IU. Description: Imidurea is a white, free-flowing odorless powder. Chemical Name: N,N00-Methylenebis{N0 -[3-(hydroxymethyl)-2,5-dioxo-4-imidazolidinyl]urea} Functions Antimicrobial preservative. Uses Imidurea is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial preservative used in cosmetics and topical pharmaceutical formulations; typical concentrations used are 0.03–0.5% w/w. It is effective between…

General Description Synonyms: Aqoat; Aqoat AS-HF/HG; Aqoat AS-LF/LG; Aqoat AS-MF/MG; cellulose, 2-hydroxypropyl methyl ether, acetate succinate; HPMCAS. Description: Hypromellose acetate succinate is a white to off-white powder or granules. It has a faint acetic acid-like odor and a barely detectable taste. Hypromellose acetate succinate is available in several grades, according to the pH at which…

General Description Synonyms:E1440; hydroxylpropyl starch. Description: Hypromellose is an odorless and tasteless, white or creamy-white fibrous or granular powder. Chemical Name: Cellulose hydroxypropyl methyl ether Functions Bioadhesive material; coating agent; controlled-release agent; dispersing agent; dissolution enhancer; emulsifying agent; emulsion stabilizer; extended-release agent; film-forming agent; foaming agent; granulation aid; modified-release agent; mucoadhesive; release-modifying agent; solubilizing agent;…

General Description Synonyms:E1440; hydroxylpropyl starch. Description:Hydroxypropyl starch occurs as a free-flowing white to off-white coarse powder Chemical Name: Hydroxypropyl starch Functions Binding agent; disintegrant; emulsifying agent; thickening agent; viscosity-increasing agent. Uses Hydroxypropyl starch is a modified starch and has been used in combination with carrageenan in the production of soft capsules. Hydroxypropyl starch has been…

General Description Synonyms: Cellulose, 2-hydroxypropyl ether; 2-hydroxypropyl ether (lowsubstituted) cellulose; hyprolose, low-substituted; L-HPC; oxypropylated cellulose. Description: Low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose occurs as a white to yellowish white powder or granules. It is odorless or has a slight, characteristic odor, and it is tasteless. Chemical Name: Cellulose, 2-hydroxypropyl ether (low-substituted) Functions Tablet and capsule disintegrant; tablet binder. Uses…