Tragacanth
Tragacanth gum is used as an emulsifying and suspending agent in a variety of pharmaceutical formulations. It is used in creams, gels, and emulsions at various concentrations according to the application of the formulation and the grade of gum used. Tragacanth gum is also used similarly in cosmetics and food products, and has been used […]
Acesulfame Potassium
Acesulfame potassium is used as an intense sweetening agent in cosmetics, foods, beverage products, table-top sweeteners, vitamin and pharmaceutical preparations, including powder mixes, tablets, and liquid products. It is widely used as a sugar substitute in compounded formulations and as a toothpaste sweetener.
Alitame
Alitame is an intense sweetening agent developed in the early 1980s and is approximately 2000 times sweeter than sucrose. Alitame is currently primarily used in a wide range of foods and beverages at a maximum level of 40–300 mg/kg.
Aspartame
Aspartame is used as an intense sweetening agent in beverage products, food products, and table-top sweeteners, and in pharmaceutical preparations including tablets, powder mixes, and vitamin preparations.
Saccharin Sodium
Saccharin sodium is an intense sweetening agent used in beverages, food products, table-top sweeteners and pharmaceutical formulations such as tablets, powders, medicated confectionery, gels, suspensions, liquids, and mouthwashes. It is also used in vitamin preparations. Saccharin sodium is considerably more soluble in water than saccharin, and is more frequently used in pharmaceutical formulations.
Sucralose
Sucralose is used as a sweetening agent in beverages, foods, and pharmaceutical applications. It has a sweetening power approximately 300–1000 times that of sucrose and has no aftertaste.
Dibasic Calcium Phosphate Dihydrate
Anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate is used both as an excipient and as a source of calcium in nutritional supplements. It is used particularly in the nutritional/health food sectors. It is also used in pharmaceutical products because of its compaction properties, and the good flow properties of the coarse-grade material.
Corn Oil Mono- And Di- Glycerides, C18
Solvent for intramuscular injections or as a vehicle for topical preparations. Emulsions containing up to 67% corn oil are also used as oral nutritional supplements. When combined with surfactants and gel-forming polymers, it is used to formulate veterinary vaccines. Corn oil has a long history of use as an edible oil and may be used […]
Ammonio Methacrylate Copolymer
Ammonio methacrylate copolymers are compounds derived from ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and a low content of methacrylic acid ester with quaternary ammonium groups. They are solid substances in the form of a white powder with a faint amine-like odor. solubility Practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in anhydrous ethanol and in methylene chloride giving clear […]
Acetone
Acetone is used as a solvent or cosolvent in topical preparations, and as an aid in wet granulation. It has also been used when formulating tablets with water-sensitive active ingredients, or to solvate poorly water-soluble binders in a wet granulation process. Acetone has also been used in the formulation of microspheres to enhance drug release. […]