PICLEC: GROUP IIIA & IIIB Flashcards
Known as “Triels”, they are Trivalent, 3+
Group III
What group includes the following elements:
- B, Al, Ga, In, TI
GROUP IIIA - The Boron group
It forms Alums; hydroxides are amphoteric
GROUP IIIA
Its elemental form is never employed in medicine and pharmacy; It is classified as a metalloid.
BORON (B)
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Known as “Boracic acid”
BORIC ACID
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Used as a dusting powder or ointment base; Used in Lister’s solution
- Known as Antiseptic
- ‘Boricic acid’
BORIC ACID
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Who prepared the lister’s solution?
JOSEPH LISTER
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Known as “BORAX” ; Sodium tetraborate
SODIUM BORATE
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Used as a Bacteriostatic (for eye-wash and wet dressing)
- Water softener (removes ions and foreign matter in water)
- ‘Borax’ , ‘sodium teraborate’
SODIUM BORATE
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- It is used as a Dentrifice (anti-cariogenic agent and anti-cavities)
- Treatment for Vincents’s Angina “Trench mouth” (angina/angina pectoris = chest pain)
SODIUM PERBORATE
Known to be the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust.
ALUMINUM (Al)
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- Most abundant element on earth.
Oxygen, Silicon, Nitrogen (OSiN)
GROUP IIIA
- Used for making cooking utensils, and instruments due to its lightness, strength, and none-corrosive property.
ALUMINUM (Al)
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- It is used as a catalyst in organic synthesis (Friedel-Craft’s Reaction)
- Known to be Anti-septic and Astringent.
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- It is combined with organic dyes to form lakes
- Used as dry mordant (Colorant/dye)
ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- This gel is known to be Colloidal (combined substance);
- Used as Antacid and protective in the Treatment of Peptic Ulcer Disease.
ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE GEL
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- Its gel form is an Antacid, Astringent, and Demulcent (relieves inflammation)
ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- It has 3 types: Kaolin, Bentonite, Pumice
ALUMINUM SILICATES
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
ALUMINUM SILICATES:
- Native hydrated aluminum silicate
- As Adsorbent (removes) - Used in diarrhea due to food poisoning.
- As Absorbent (attracts) - Used for ulcers and moist infections
KAOLIN
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
ALUMINUM SILICATES:
- Native colloidal hydrated aluminum silicate
- It stabilizes emulsions
- Know to be a Suspending agent and Clarifying agent
- Adsorbent
BENTONITE
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
ALUMINUM SILICATES:
- It originates in a volcano, with silicates of Al, Na, and K
- Used as Distributing agent
PUMICE
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- As a solution: it is utilized as an Antiseptic and Astringent
ALUMINUM SULFATE
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- It is an excellent source of Aluminum hydroxide
ALUMINUM SUBACETATE SOLUTION
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- Known as “Burow’s solution” = DOMEBORO
ALUMINUM ACETATE SOLUTION
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- This is a combination of Aluminum subacetate solution + glacial acetic acid
- Used as Antiseptic and Astringent on skin
- ‘Burow’s solution’ = Domeboro
ALUMINUM ACETATE SOLUTION
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- Known as Potassium (Ammonium) aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate
- Used as an Astringent.
ALUM
GROUP IIIA - THALLIUM
- Formally used in creams as Depilatory (Hair remover)
- Very toxic
THALLIUM ACETATE
In the Group IIIA, these elements have little to no medicinal or pharmaceuticalcal importance.
GALLIUM AND INDIUM
- This is known to be The Scandium Group
GROUP IIIB
GROUP IIIB - SCANDIUM GROUP
- In group IIIB, these elements have little to no medicinal/pharmaceutical importance
YTTRIUM AND SCANDIUM
