Category: Inactive Ingredients

General Description Synonyms:  Blood sugar; Caridex; corn sugar; C*PharmDex; Dextrofin; D-(þ)- glucopyranose monohydrate; glucosum monohydricum; grape sugar; Lycadex PF; Roferose; starch sugar; Tabfine D-100. Description: Dextrose occurs as odorless, sweet-tasting, colorless crystals or as a white crystalline or granular powder. The JP XV describes dextrose as dextrose anhydrous; the PhEur 6.3 specifies dextrose as either…

General Description Synonyms: Avedex; British gum; Caloreen; canary dextrin; C*Pharm; Crystal Gum; dextrinum; dextrinum album; Primogran W; starch gum; yellow dextrin; white dextrin. Description: Dextrin is partially hydrolyzed maize (corn), potato or cassava starch. It is a white, pale yellow or brown-colored powder with a slight characteristic odor. Chemical Name: Dextrin Functions Stiffening agent; suspending agent;…

General Description Synonyms: Candex; Emdex. Description:Dextrates is a purified mixture of saccharides resulting from the controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of starch. It is either anhydrous or hydrated. In addition to dextrose, dextrates contains 3–5% w/w maltose and higher polysaccharides. Dextrates comprises white spray-crystallized free-flowing porous spheres. It is odorless with a sweet taste (about half as…

General Description Synonyms: Bitrex; Bitterguard; N-[2-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl]- N,N-diethylbenzenemethanaminium benzoate monohydrate; lignocaine benzyl benzoate. Description: Denatonium benzoate occurs as an odorless, very bitter tasting, white crystalline powder or granules. Chemical Name: Benzyldiethyl[(2,6-xylylcarbamolyl)methyl]ammonium benzoate anhydrousBenzyldiethyl[(2,6-xylylcarbamolyl)methyl]ammonium benzoate monohydrate Functions Alcohol denaturant; flavoring agent. Uses Denatonium benzoate is among the most bitter of substances known and is detectable at concentrations…

General Description Synonyms:  Dimethylcyclopolysiloxane; Dow Corning 245 Fluid; Dow Corning 246 Fluid; Dow Corning 345 Fluid. Description: Cyclomethicone occurs as a clear, colorless and tasteless volatile liquid Chemical Name: Cyclopolydimethylsiloxane Functions Emollient; humectant; viscosity increasing agent. Uses Cyclomethicone is mainly used in topical pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations such as water-in-oil creams. Cyclomethicone has been used…

General Description Synonyms: Cyclodextrin Cavitron; cyclic oligosaccharide; cycloamylose; cycloglucan; Encapsin; Schardinger dextrin.a-Cyclodextrin alfadexum; alpha-cycloamylose; alpha-cyclodextrin; alpha dextrin; Cavamax W6 Pharma; cyclohexaamylose; cyclomaltohexose.b-Cyclodextrin beta-cycloamylose; beta-dextrin; betadexum; Cavamax W7 Pharma; cycloheptaamylose; cycloheptaglucan; cyclomaltoheptose; Kleptose. Description: Cyclodextrins are cyclic oligosaccharides containing at least six D- (þ)-glucopyranose units attached by a(1 4) glucoside bonds. The three natural cyclodextrins, a,…

General Description Synonyms:  Crospovidonum; Crospopharm; crosslinked povidone; E1202; Kollidon CL; Kollidon CL-M; Polyplasdone XL; Polyplasdone XL-10; polyvinylpolypyrrolidone; PVPP; 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone homopolymer. Description: Crospovidone is a white to creamy-white, finely divided, freeflowing, practically tasteless, odorless or nearly odorless, hygroscopic powder Chemical Name: 1-Ethenyl-2-pyrrolidinone homopolymer Functions Tablet disintegrant. Uses Crospovidone is a water-insoluble tablet disintegrant and dissolution agent…

General Description Synonyms:  Ac-Di-Sol; carmellosum natricum conexum; crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose sodium; Explocel; modified cellulose gum; Nymcel ZSX; Pharmacel XL; Primellose; Solutab; Vivasol. Description:  Croscarmellose sodium occurs as an odorless, white or grayishwhite powder.  Chemical Name: Cellulose, carboxymethyl ether, sodium salt, crosslinked Functions Tablet and capsule disintegrant. Uses Croscarmellose sodium is used in oral pharmaceutical formulations as…

General Description Synonyms:  Cresylic acid; cresylol; hydroxytoluene; tricresol. Description:Cresol consists of a mixture of cresol isomers, predominantly mcresol, and other phenols obtained from coal tar or petroleum. It is a colorless, yellowish to pale brownish-yellow, or pink-colored liquid, with a characteristic odor similar to phenol but more tarlike. An aqueous solution has a pungent taste.…

General Description Synonyms: Cotton oil; refined cottonseed oil. Description:  Pale yellow or bright golden yellow-colored, clear oily liquid. It is odorless, or nearly so, with a bland, nutty taste. At temperatures below 10C particles of solid fat may separate from the oil, and at about –5 to 0C the oil becomes solid or nearly so.…

General Description Synonyms: StarCap 1500. Description:  Corn starch and pregelatinized starch occurs as a white free-flowing powder. It is a coprocessed mixture of predominantly corn starch together with pregelatinized starch Chemical Name:  Functions Binding agent; compression aid; disintegrant; tablet and capsule diluent; tablet and capsule filler Uses Corn starch and pregelatinized starch can be used…

General Description Synonyms: Maize oil; Majsao CT; maydis oleum raffinatum; maydol. Description:  Clear, light yellow-colored, oily liquid with a faint characteristic odor and slightly nutty, sweet taste resembling cooked sweet corn. Chemical Name: Corn oil Functions Oleaginous vehicle; solvent. Uses Corn oil is used primarily in pharmaceutical formulations as a solvent for intramuscular injections or…

General Description Synonyms:  Acetic acid vinyl ester, polymer with 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone; copolymer of 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and vinyl acetate in a ratio of 3 : 2 by mass; copolyvidone; copovidonum; Kollidon VA 64; Luviskol VA; Plasdone S-630; poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate); polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate copolymer; PVP/VA; PVP/VA copolymer. . Description:  Copovidone is a white to yellowish-white amorphous powder. It is typically…

General Description Synonyms: Beta-carotene; indigo carmine; iron oxides; sunset yellow FCF; tartrazine; titanium dioxide. Description: The physical appearances of coloring agents vary widely. Chemical Name:  Functions Colorant; opacifier. Uses Coloring agents are used mainly to impart a distinctive appearance to a pharmaceutical dosage form. The main categories of dosage form that are colored are: .…

General Description Synonyms:  Aerosil; Cab-O-Sil; Cab-O-Sil M-5P; colloidal silica; fumed silica; fumed silicon dioxide; hochdisperses silicum dioxid; SAS; silica colloidalis anhydrica; silica sol; silicic anhydride; silicon dioxide colloidal; silicon dioxide fumed; synthetic amorphous silica; Wacker HDK Description:  Colloidal silicon dioxide is a submicroscopic fumed silica with a particle size of about 15 nm. It is…