Dosage Form Excipients Flashcards
solvents
water, vegetable oils
co solvents / humectant
ethanol, glycerin, propylene glycol
sweetner
sucrose, sorbitol
buffer
acetic acid, citric acid, glycine, phosphoric acid
preservatives
alcohols, acids, esters, quartenary ammonium compounds
chlorobutanol anhydrous
benzalkonium chloride
sodium benzoate
alcohol
ethanol, benzyl alcohol, chlorobutanol
acids
benzoic acid, sorbic acid
esters
parabens
quart ammoniums
alkonium, amonium
antioxidants
free radical scavengers, reducing agents, chelating agents
free radical scavengers
esters of gallic acid, BHA, BHT, tocopherols, vitamin E
(delayed oxidation)
reducing agents
sodium bisulfite, ascorbic acid, thiols (preferential oxidation)
chelating agents
citric acid, EDTA
(antioxidant synergists)
emulsifying agents
surfactants, hydrophilic colloids (polymers), finely divided solid particles
surfactants
anionic, cationic, zwitterionic, nonionic, sulfonate, idium chloride, oxide