Non Aqueous Liquids Tinctures Flashcards
Alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solutions prepared by using vegetable materials or chemical substances
Tinctures
Represents 20 g of drug in every 100 ML of tincture.
Tincture of Vegetable drugs
10 g of drug for every 100 ML tincture represents
Tinctures of potent drugs
Extracts the active constituents of a crude drug
Extraction
Slow passage of suitable solvent through a column of drug
Percolation
Submerging the solute in a suitable menstruum or solvent
Maceration
No heat is involved because this process is used to extract thermolabile components
Maceration
Process of extraction with the aid of gentle heat
Digestion
Drug is extracted by heating at a particular pressure because this will increase the penetration power of the menstruum or the solvent for complete extraction of the drug
Digestion
Blanching
Infusion
Addition of water for a short period of time may be hot or cold.
Infusion
This process of extraction is done for drugs that can be easily penetrated by water
Infusion
Boiling the crude drug with a menstruum for 15 minutes
Decoction
Product prepared by extraction of drug with suitable solvent
Extract
2 to 6 times more potent than crude drug
Extract
What are the three physical characters of the extract?
Semi liquid
Pilular
Dry powder