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Pharmaceutic Aids

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Definition: Substances which are of little or no therapeutic value, but are necessary in the manufacture, compounding, storage, etc., of pharmaceutical preparations or drug dosage forms. They include SOLVENTS, diluting agents, and suspending agents, and emulsifying agents. Also, ANTIOXIDANTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS; OINTMENT BASES.  D25-26 qualif; DF: PHARM AIDS   
Examples Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic; Ointment Bases; Pharmaceutical Vehicles; Preservatives, Pharmaceutical 		Other names Pharmaceutical Aids; Aids, Pharmaceutical; Aids, Pharmaceutic
Substances having this pharmacologic action: Povidone
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
Gelclair  0   *Hyaluronic Acid *Povidone Drug Combinations Pharmaceutic Aids. Hosp Med 2001 Oct;62(10):623-6
isopropyl hydroxypalmityl ether  119655-66-2   *Ethers *Palmitates Pharmaceutic Aids. Contact Dermatitis 1988;18(4):249
DEA-dihydroxypalmityl phosphate  93777-69-6   *Palmitates Pharmaceutic Aids. Contact Dermatitis 1988;18(4):249
carboxymethyl starch  9057-06-1   Starch/*analogs & derivatives Excipients Pharmaceutic Aids. Farmaco (Prat) 1982;37(4):128
2-oxo-3-(4-(1-oxo-2-isoindolinyl)phenyl)butanamide  67358-82-1 Benzenepropanamide, 4-(1,3-dihydro-1-oxo-2H-isoindol-2-yl)-beta-methyl-alpha-oxo  *Isoindoles Pharmaceutic Aids. Yakugaku Zasshi 1981;101(8):723
aluminum magnesium silicate  1327-43-1   *Aluminum Compounds *Magnesium Compounds *Silicates Pharmaceutic Aids. Acta Pol Pharm 1981;38(2):229
hemiacidrin  0   *Citrates Pharmaceutic Aids. RENACIDIN
sunflower seed oil  8001-21-6   *Plant Oils Dietary Fats, Unsaturated Helianthus Pharmaceutic Aids. Exp Gerontol 1980;15(2):67
imidazolidinyl urea  39236-46-9 N,N''-methylenebis(N'-(1-(hydroxymethyl)-2,5-dioxo-4-imidazolidinyl)urea)  Urea/*analogs & derivatives Pharmaceutic Aids Preservatives, Pharmaceutical. Arch Dermatol 110(3):463;1974; Cutis 22(6):655;1978
sodium metabisulfite  7681-57-4 disulfurous acid, disodium salt  *Sulfites Pharmaceutic Aids.
Pharma Action Bronchoconstrictor Agents 		J Hyg (London) 1980;84(1):41; Zentralbl Bakteriol Naturwiss 131(3):291;1976

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