PHARMACEUTICAL AIDS AND NECESSITIES Flashcards
Frequently employed in the conversion of drugs to chemical; forms convenient to their product formulation
Acids and bases
Maintain the pH of various formulations within prescribed limits
Buffers
Prevent oxidative decomposition of pharmaceutically active components
antioxidant
Primary solvent or liquid phase in most liquid pharmaceutical preparations
Water
Used for storage and as dispensing container for most drug products
Glass
Boracid acid, hydrogen borate, orthoboric acid
Boric acid NF
Native boric acid is called the ______
sassolite
Three forms of boric acid
- Colorless, odorless, pearly scales.
- Six-scaled triclinic crystals
- White, odorless powder which is unctuous to touch
Free ______ is found in sea waters, certain plants, in nearly all fruits and in some volcanic steam jets
boric acid
Has been used as an antiseptic
Boric acid
At best, the compound can be described as a ________
weak bacteriostatic agent
A buffer in ophthalmic solutions and preparations like aluminum acetate solution USP XVIII
Boric acid
Muriatic acid, spirit of sea salt, marine acid, Espiritu de Sal marina
Hydrochloric acid NF
An aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride gas containing n.l.t. and n.m.t. by weight of HCl
Hydrochloric acid NF
is a colorless fuming liquid having a pungent odor and a specific gravity of about 1.18
Hydrochloric acid NF