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Acesulfame Potassium Excipient | Uses, Suppliers, and Specifications
Acesulfame Potassium (Acesulfame K or Ace-K) is a calorie-free artifical sweetener currently approved for use pharmaceutical products. It is structurally related to saccharin, although only half as sweet. Acesulfame Potassium has been in use since the 1960s and is supplied...
Acetylsalicylic Acid Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient | Description, Specifications, and Suppliers
Cetyl Esters Wax is a synthetic wax mixture consisting primarily of esters of saturated fatty alcohols and saturated fatty acids. The USP - NF describes cetyl esters wax as a mixture consisting primary of esters of saturated fatty alcohols (C14-C18)...
Agar Excipient | Uses, Suppliers, and Specifications
Agar is complex, high molecular weight polysaccharide excipient obtained from red algae (Rhodophyceae) used in the pharmaceutical industry as a hydrocolloid, gelling agent and film former. It is supplied as a transparent, odourless and tasteless yellowish to grey strips or...
Alcohol Excipient | Uses, Suppliers, and Specifications
Alcohol, as used in the pharmaceutical industry, is a simple primary alcohol having one hydroxyl group and the formula CH3CH2OH. In general, the term ‘ethanol’ when used without qualification refers to ethanol containing ≥99.5% v/v of C2H6O. ‘Alcohol’, on the...
Alginic Acid Excipient | Uses, Suppliers, and Specifications
Alginic acid is a linear glycuronan polysaccharide polymer consisting of a mixture of β-(1→4)-D-mannosyluronic acid and α-(1→4)-L-gulosyluronic acid residues, of general formula (C6H8O)n. It is extracted from seaweed and has a molecular weight typically between 20000-240 000. Alginic acid is...
Alitame Excipient | Uses, Suppliers, and Specifications
Alitame is an amino acid-based sweetener developed by Pfizer Central Research from l-aspartic acid, d-alanine, and 2,2,4,4-tetraethylthioethanyl amine. It is 2000 times sweeter than sucrose, 12 times sweeter than aspartame and six times sweeter than saccharin. A terminal amide group...
Almond Oil Excipient | Uses, Suppliers, and Specifications
Almond oil consists chiefly of glycerides of oleic acid, with smaller amounts of linoleic and palmitic acids. The PhEur describes almond oil as the fatty oil obtained by cold expression from the ripe seeds of Pnusus dukes (Miller) DA Webb...