Category: Inactive Ingredients

General Description Synonyms: Benne oil; gingelly oil; gingili oil; jinjili oil; Lipovol SES; sesami oleum raffinatum; teel oil. Description: Refined sesame oil is a clear, pale-yellow colored liquid with a slight, pleasant odor and a bland taste. It solidifies to a soft mass at about 4C. Chemical Name: Sesame oil Functions oleaginous vehicle; solvent. Uses…

General Description Synonyms: Afrodit; aluminum-saponite; auxite; cathkinite; ferroan saponite; griffithite; licianite; lucianite; piotine; zebedassite. Description: Saponite is a naturally occurring 2:1 phyllosilicate clay of the smectite (montmorillonite) group. It is a magnesium-rich hydrated aluminum silicate and is present as a component of some commercial magnesium aluminum silicate clays. It occurs in soft, amorphous masses in…

General Description Synonyms: Aceite de alazor; aceite de cartamo; carthami oleum raffinatum; dygminu aliejus, rafinuotas; huile de carthame; safflorolja, raffinerad; safflower oil (unhydrogenated); saflonoljy puhdistettu. Description: Refined safflower oil is a clear, viscous, yellow to pale-yellow liquid, with a slight vegetable odor. Chemical Name: Safflower oil Functions Emollient; oleaginous vehicle; solvent. Uses Safflower oil is…

General Description Synonyms: 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt; Crystallose; E954; gendorf 450; saccharinum natricum; sodium o-benzosulfimide; soluble gluside; soluble saccharin; sucaryl sodium. Description: Saccharin sodium occurs as a white, odorless or faintly aromatic, efflorescent, crystalline powder. It has an intensely sweet taste, with a metallic or bitter aftertaste that at normal levels of use can be…

General Description Synonyms: 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one 1,1-dioxide; benzoic acid sulfimide; benzoic sulfimide; benzosulfimide; 1,2-dihydro-2-ketobenzisosulfonazole; 2,3-dihydro-3-oxobenzisosulfonazole; E954; Garantose; gluside; Hermesetas; sacarina; saccarina; saccharin insoluble; saccharinum; o-sulfobenzimide; o-sulfobenzoic acid imide. Description: Saccharin occurs as odorless white crystals or a white crystalline powder. It has an intensely sweet taste, with a metallic or bitter aftertaste that at normal levels of…

General Description Synonyms: Gossypose; melitose; melitriose; D-raffinose; D-(þ)-raffinose. Description: Raffinose is a white crystalline powder. It is odorless and has a sweet taste approximately 10% that of sucrose. Chemical Name: b-D-Fructofuranosyl-O-a-D-galactopyranosyl-(1!6)-a-D-glucopyranoside, anhydrous Functions Stabilizing agent; sucrose crystallization modifier. Uses Raffinose is a trisaccharide carbohydrate that is used as a bulking agent, blood substitute, stabilizing agent,…

General Description Synonyms: g-Aminobutyric acid lactam; 4-aminobutyric acid lactam; gaminobutyric lactam; g-aminobutyrolactam; g-butyrolactam; butyrolactam; 2-ketopyrrolidine; 2-oxopyrrolidine; 2-Pyrol; apyrrolidinone; pyrrolidin-2-one; a-pyrrolidone; pyrrolidonum; 2- pyrrolidone; Soluphor P. Description: Pyrrolidone occurs as a colorless or slightly grayish liquid, as white or almost white crystals, or colorless crystal needles. It has a characteristic odor. Chemical Name: 2-Pyrrolidinone Functions Penetration…

General Description Synonyms: E217; 4-hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester, sodium salt; Nipasol M Sodium; parasept; propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt; propyl p-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt; propylis parahydroxybenzoas natricus; sodium 4-propoxycarbonylphenolate; sodium propyl phydroxybenzoate; soluble propyl hydroxybenzoate Description: Propylparaben sodium occurs as a white, crystalline, odorless or almost odorless powder. Chemical Name: Sodium 4-propoxycarbonylphenolate Functions Antimicrobial preservative. Uses Propylparaben…

General Description Synonyms: Aseptoform P; CoSept P; E216; 4-hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester; Nipagin P; Nipasol M; propagin; Propyl Aseptoform; propyl butex; Propyl Chemosept; propylis parahydroxybenzoas; propyl phydroxybenzoate; Propyl Parasept; Solbrol P; Tegosept P; Uniphen P-23. Description: Propylparaben occurs as a white, crystalline, odorless, and tasteless powder. Chemical Name: Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate Functions Antimicrobial preservative Uses Propylparaben…

General Description Synonyms: Alginic acid, propylene glycol ester; E405; hydroxypropyl alginate; Kelcoloid; Kimiloid; Manucol Ester; Profoam; Pronova; propane1,2-diol alginate; Protanal; TIC Pretested. Description: Propylene glycol alginate occurs as a white to yellowish colored, practically odorless and tasteless, fibrous or granular powder. Chemical Name: Propylene glycol alginate Functions Emulsifying agent; foam stabilizer; stabilizing agent; suspending agent;…

General Description Synonyms: 1,2-Dihydroxypropane; E1520; 2-hydroxypropanol; methyl ethylene glycol; methyl glycol; propane-1,2-diol; propylenglycolum. Description: Propylene glycol is a clear, colorless, viscous, practically odorless liquid, with a sweet, slightly acrid taste resembling that of glycerin. Chemical Name: 1,2-Propanediol()-1,2-Propanediol(þ)-1,2-Propanediol Functions Antimicrobial preservative; disinfectant; humectant; plasticizer; solvent; stabilizing agent; water-miscible cosolvent. Uses Propylene glycol has become widely used…

General Description Synonyms: Carbonic acid, cyclic propylene ester; cyclic methylethylene carbonate; cyclic propylene carbonate; 4-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane; 1,2-propanediol cyclic carbonate; 1,2-propylene carbonate. Description: Propylene carbonate is a clear, colorless, mobile liquid, with a faint odor. Chemical Name: -4-Methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one Functions Gelling agent; solvent. Uses Propylene carbonate is used mainly as a solvent in oral and topical pharmaceutical formulations.…

General Description Synonyms: E310; gallic acid propyl ester; n-propyl gallate; Progallin P; propyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate; propylis gallas; Tenox PG. Description: Propyl gallate is a white, odorless or almost odorless crystalline powder, with a bitter astringent taste that is not normally noticeable at the concentrations employed as an antioxidant. Chemical Name: 3,4,5-Trihydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester Functions Antioxidant…

General Description Synonyms: Carboxyethane; ethanecarboxylic acid; E280; ethylformic acid; metacetonic acid; methylacetic acid; propanoic acid; pseudoacetic acid. Description: Propionic acid occurs as a corrosive, oily liquid having a slightly pungent, disagreeable, rancid odor. It is flammable Chemical Name: Propionic acid Functions Acidifying agent; antimicrobial preservative; antioxidant; esterifying agent. Uses Propionic acid is primarily used as…

General Description Synonyms: E1201; Kollidon; Plasdone; poly[1-(2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)ethylene]; polyvidone; polyvinylpyrrolidone; povidonum; Povipharm; PVP; 1- vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone polymer. Povidone Description: Povidone occurs as a fine, white to creamy-white colored, odorless or almost odorless, hygroscopic powder. Povidones with K-values equal to or lower than 30 are manufactured by spray-drying and occur as spheres. Povidone K-90 and higher K-value povidones…