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PHARMACEUTICAL AIDS AND NECESSITIES Flashcards

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Frequently employed in the conversion of drugs to chemical; forms convenient to their product formulation

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Acids and bases

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Maintain the pH of various formulations within prescribed limits

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Buffers

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Prevent oxidative decomposition of pharmaceutically active components

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antioxidant

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Primary solvent or liquid phase in most liquid pharmaceutical preparations

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Water

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Used for storage and as dispensing container for most drug products

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Glass

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Boracid acid, hydrogen borate, orthoboric acid

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Boric acid NF

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Native boric acid is called the ______

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sassolite

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Three forms of boric acid

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  1. Colorless, odorless, pearly scales.
  2. Six-scaled triclinic crystals
  3. White, odorless powder which is unctuous to touch
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Free ______ is found in sea waters, certain plants, in nearly all fruits and in some volcanic steam jets

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boric acid

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Has been used as an antiseptic

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Boric acid

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At best, the compound can be described as a ________

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weak bacteriostatic agent

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A buffer in ophthalmic solutions and preparations like aluminum acetate solution USP XVIII

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Boric acid

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Muriatic acid, spirit of sea salt, marine acid, Espiritu de Sal marina

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Hydrochloric acid NF

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An aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride gas containing n.l.t. and n.m.t. by weight of HCl

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Hydrochloric acid NF

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is a colorless fuming liquid having a pungent odor and a specific gravity of about 1.18

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Hydrochloric acid NF

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Muraitic acid comes from the latin muria meaning

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brine

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pharmaceutical aid of specifically as an acidifying agent

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Hydrochloric acid NF

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capable of reacting with organic molecules which are weakly basic to form usually water soluble hydrochloric salts.

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hydrochloric acid NF

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exists in the normal gastric juice aiding in the conversion of pepsinogen into pepsin and proteids into peptones and as gastric antiseptic

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Diluted hydrochloric acid NF

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