Tag: Pharmaceutical Excipients

General Description Synonyms: Amylum pregelificatum; compressible starch; C*PharmGel; Instastarch; Lycatab C; Lycatab PGS; Merigel; National 78-1551; Pharma-Gel; Prejel; Sepistab ST200; Spress B820; Starch 1500 G; Tablitz; Unipure LD; Unipure WG220. Description: Pregelatinized starch occurs as a moderately coarse to fine, white to off-white colored powder. It is odorless and has a slight characteristic taste. Chemical…

General Description Synonyms: Amido; amidon; amilo; amylum; C*PharmGel; Eurylon; fecule; Hylon; maydis amylum; Melojel; Meritena; oryzae amylum; Pearl; Perfectamyl; pisi amylum; Pure-Dent; Purity 21; Purity 826; solani amylum; tritici amylum; Uni-Pure. Description: Starch occurs as an odorless and tasteless, fine, white to off-white powder. It consists of very small spherical or ovoid granules or grains…

General Description Synonyms: Aceite de soja; Calchem IVO-114; Lipex 107; Lipex 200; Shogun CT; soiae oleum raffinatum; soja bean oil; soyabean oil; soya bean oil. Description: Soybean oil is a clear, pale-yellow colored, odorless or almost odorless liquid, with a bland taste that solidifies between 10 and 16C. Chemical Name: Soybean oil Functions Oleaginous vehicle;…

General Description Synonyms: C*PharmSorbidex; E420; 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexanehexol; Liponic 70- NC; Liponic 76-NC; Meritol; Neosorb; Sorbitab; sorbite; Dsorbitol; Sorbitol Instant; sorbitolum; Sorbogem. Description: Sorbitol is D-glucitol. It is a hexahydric alcohol related to mannose and is isomeric with mannitol. Sorbitol occurs as an odorless, white or almost colorless, crystalline, hygroscopic powder. Four crystalline polymorphs and one amorphous…

General Description Synonyms:  Description: Sorbitan esters occur as cream- to amber-colored liquids or solids with a distinctive odor and taste Chemical Name:  Functions Dispersing agent; emulsifying agent; nonionic surfactant; solubilizing agent; suspending agent; wetting agent. Uses Sorbitan monoesters are a series of mixtures of partial esters of sorbitol and its mono- and dianhydrides with fatty…

General Description Synonyms: Disodium sulfite; exsiccated sodium sulfite; E221; natrii sulfis anhydricus; sulfurous acid disodium salt. Description: Sorbic acid is a tasteless, white to yellow-white crystalline powder with a faint characteristic odor. Chemical Name: (E,E)-Hexa-2,4-dienoic acid Functions Antimicrobial preservative. Uses Sorbic acid is an antimicrobial preservative with antibacterial and antifungal properties used in pharmaceuticals, foods,…

General Description Synonyms: Ametox; disodium thiosulfate; disodium thiosulfate pentahydrate; natrii thiosulfas; natrium thiosulfuricum; sodium hyposulfite; sodium subsulfite; Sodothiol; Sulfothiorine; thiosulfuric acid disodium salt. Description: Sodium thiosulfate occurs as odorless and colorless crystals, a crystalline powder or granules. It is efflorescent in dry air and deliquescent in moist air. Chemical Name: Sodium thiosulfate anhydrous Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate…

General Description Synonyms: Disodium sulfite; exsiccated sodium sulfite; E221; natrii sulfis anhydricus; sulfurous acid disodium salt. Description: Sodium sulfite occurs as an odorless white powder or hexagonal prisms. Note that the commercially available sodium sulfite is often presented as a white to tan- or pink-colored powder that would not conform to the pharmacopeial specification Chemical…

General Description Synonyms: Fumaric acid, octadecyl ester, sodium salt; natrii stearylis fumaras; Pruv; sodium monostearyl fumarate. Description: Sodium stearyl fumarate is a fine, white powder with agglomerates of flat, circular-shaped particles. Chemical Name: 2-Butenedioic acid,monooctadecyl ester, sodium salt Functions Tablet and capsule lubricant. Uses Sodium stearyl fumarate is used as a lubricant in capsule and…

General Description Synonyms: Carboxymethyl starch, sodium salt; carboxymethylamylum natricum; Explosol; Explotab; Glycolys; Primojel; starch carboxymethyl ether, sodium salt; Tablo; Vivastar P. Description: Sodium starch glycolate is a white or almost white free-flowing very hygroscopic powder. The PhEur 6.0 states that when examined under a microscope it is seen to consist of: granules, irregularly shaped, ovoid…

General Description Synonyms: E281; ethylformic acid, sodium salt, hydrate; methylacetic acid, sodium salt, hydrate; natrii propionas; sodium propanoate hydrate; sodium propionate hydrate. Description: Sodium propionate occurs as colorless transparent crystals or as a granular, free-flowing, crystalline powder. It is odorless, or with a slight characteristic odor, and is deliquescent in moist air. Sodium propionate has…

General Description Synonyms: Acid sodium phosphate; E339; Kalipol 32; monosodium orthophosphate; monosodium phosphate; natrii dihydrogenophosphas dihydricus; phosphoric acid, monosodium salt; primary sodium phosphate; sodium biphosphate; sodium dihydrogen orthophosphate; sodium dihydrogen phosphate. Description: The USP 32 states that monobasic sodium phosphate contains one or two molecules of water of hydration or is anhydrous. The hydrated forms…

General Description Synonyms: Disodium disulfite; disodium pyrosulfite; disulfurous acid, disodium salt; E223; natrii disulfis; natrii metabisulfis; sodium acid sulfite. Description: Sodium metabisulfite occurs as colorless, prismatic crystals or as a white to creamy-white crystalline powder that has the odor of sulfur dioxide and an acidic, saline taste. Sodium metabisulfite crystallizes from cold water as a…

General Description Synonyms: Dodecyl alcohol hydrogen sulfate, sodium salt; dodecyl sodium sulfate; dodecylsulfate sodium salt; Elfan 240; lauryl sodium sulfate; lauryl sulfate, sodium salt; monododecyl sodium sulfate; natrii laurilsulfas; sodium dodecyl sulfate; sodium n-dodecyl sulfate; sodium laurilsulfate; sodium monododecyl sulfate; sodium monolauryl sulfate; SDS; SLS; sulfuric acid monododecyl ester, sodium salt; Texapon K12P. Description: Sodium…

General Description Synonyms: E325; 2-hydroxypropanoic acid monosodium salt; Lacolin; lactic acid monosodium salt; lactic acid sodium salt; natrii lactatis solutio; Patlac; Purasal; Ritalac NAL; sodium a-hydroxypropionate. Description: Sodium lactate occurs as a clear, colorless, slightly syrupy liquid. It is odorless, or has a slight odor with a characteristic saline taste. It is hygroscopic. Chemical Name:…