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What are the common groups of surfactants/wetting agents used as pharmaceutical additives?
Anionic, Cationic, Amphoteric and nonion agents
What are the common anionic surfactants?
Soap, Sulfated compounds (ex. Sodium Lauryl sulfate, sodium cetyl sulfate), sulfonated compounds (dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate)
What are the common cationic surfactants?
Benzalkonium chloride, Cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (usually used as antimicrobial preservatives)
What are the common nonionic surfactants?
Spans, tween, polyoxyethylene glyceryl
What are the common amphoteric agents?
Dodecyl alanine
What are the common groups of emulsifying agents?
cationic, anionic, ampholytic, nonionic
What are the common suspending agents?
Methylcellulose
Carboxymethylcellulose
Gelatin
Carbopol
Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
Sodium carboxymethylcelluolose
What are the common flocculating agents?
Electrolytes (trivalent ions 100x more effective than monovalent or divalent) - NH4+, K, Na, Li, Cl, Mg
Polymers
Surfactants
What are common dispersants?
Darvan
Daxads
Maraspearses
What types of antioxidants are there?
Water soluble, Oil soluble, Synergist
(Water & oil soluble prevent oxidative degradation, and synergists enhance the effects of antioxidants)
What are the water soluble antioxidants?
Sodium Bisulfite
sodium metabisulfite
sodium thiosulfate
thiourea
What are the oil soluble antioxidants?
tocopherol
ascorbyl palmitate
butylated hydroxyanisol (BHA)
butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
What are the synergistic antioxidants?
citric acid
lecithin
glycerine
phosphoric acid
PEG
propylene glycol
What are the most common preservatives?
phenol
benzoic acid
boric acid
formic acid
benzalkonium chloride
salicylic acid
phenylmercuric nitrate
What are the most common diluents?
Sucrose
- dextrose, lactose, sucrose, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol
Polysaccharides
- starch, modified starch, cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel)
Inorganic compounds
- CaPO4, Tricalcium phosphate
Calcium sulfate dihydrate, Calcium carrbonate
What are the most common binders?
acacia
tragacanth
starch
gelatin
polyvinylpyrrolidone
polyacrylamide
sugar
hydroxyproply cellulose
sodium carboxymethylcellulose
What are the most common disintegrants?
cellulose
starch
clay
alginic acid
What are the most common sweetening agents?
glucose
cane sugar
sorbitol
glycerine
saccharin sodium**

**450 times sweeter than normal sucrose, ideal for diabetics
What are the most common glidants?
TALC
corn starch
colloidal silica
Zn, Mg, and Ca stearate
Ca silicate
CaPO4
What are the most common lubricants?
boric acid
Na,Mg,Zn,Ca salts of stearates
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Stearic acid
PEG 4000, 6000
Waxes
Vegetable oils
What are the most common anti-adhesives?
colloidal silica
corn starch
sodium lauryl sulfate
metallic (stearate)
What are the most common adsorbents?
Silica (holds up to 80% of its own weight of water
Magnesium oxide
Magnesium aluminum silicilate
Kaolin
Magnesium carbonate
Soap?
Anionic surfactant
Sodium lauryl sulfate?
Anionic sulfated SURFACTANT
LUBRICANT
ANTI-ADHESIVE
Sodium cetyl sulfate?
SURFACTANT (anionic sulfated)
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate?
SURFACTANT (anionic sulfonated)
Benzalkonium Chloride
SURFACTANT(cationic surfactant)
PRESERVATIVE
CETYLTRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE?
SURFACTANT (cationic surfactant)
SPANS?
NONIONIC SURFACTANT
TWEEN?
NONIONIC SURFACTANT
POLYOXYETHYLENE GLYCERYL?
NONIONIC SURFACTANT
DODECYL ALANINE?
AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANT
METHYLCELLULOSE?
SUSPENDING AGENT
CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE?
SUSPENDING AGENT
GELATIN?
SUSPENDING AGENT
BINDER
HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE?
SUSPENDING AGENT
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYCELLULOSE?
SUSPENDING AGENT
BINDER
CARBOPOL?
SUSPENDING AGENT
ELECTROLYTES, POLYMERS, SURFACTANTS??
FLOCCULATING AGENTS
WETTING AGENTS (ONLY SURFACANTS)
DARVAN?
DISPERSANTS
DAXADS?
DISPERSANT
MARASPEARSES?
DISPERSANT
SODIUM BISULIFTE?
WATER SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
SODIUM METABISULFTE?
WATER SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
SODIUM THIOSULFATE?
WATER SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
THIOUREA?
WATER SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
TOCOPHEROL?
OIL SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
ASCORBYL PAMITATE?
OIL SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE (BHA)?
OIL SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE (BHT)?
OIL SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT
CITRIC ACID?
SYNERGIST ANTIOXIDANT
LECITHIN?
SYNERGIST ANTIOXIDANT
GLYCERINE?
SYNERGIST ANTIOXIDANT
PHOSPHORIC ACID?
SYNERGIST ANTIOXIDANT
PEG?
SYNERGIST ANTIOXIDANT
LUBRICANTS (PEG 4000, 6000)
PROPYLENE GLYCOL?
SYNERGIST ANTIOXIDANT
PHENOL?
PRESERVATIVE
BENZOIC ACID?
PRESERVATIVE
BORIC ACID?
PRESERVATIVE
FORMIC ACID?
PRESERVATIVE
BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE?
PRESERVATIVE
SALICYLIC ACID?
PRESERVATIVE
PHENYLMERCURIC NITRATE?
PRESERVATIVE
DEXTROSE, LACTOSE, SUCROSE, MANNITOL, SORBITOL, INOSITOL?
DILUENTS (MANNITOL IS USED IN CHEWABLE TABS)
STARCH, MODIFIED STARCH?
DILUENTS
CELLULOSE?
DILUENTS
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE?
DILUENTS
CALCIUM PHOSPHATE?
DILUENT
TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE?
DILUENT
CALCIUM SULFATE DIHYDRATE?
DILUENT
CALCIUM CARBONATE?
DILUENT
ACACIA?
BINDER
TRAGACANTH?
BINDER
STARCH?
BINDER
DILUENT
GELATIN?
BINDER
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE?
BINDER
POLYACRYLAMIDE?
BINDER
SUGAR?
BINDER
HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE?
BINDER
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE?
BINDER
CELLULOSE?
DISINTEGRANT
STARCH?
DISINTEGRANT
BINDER
DILUENT
CLAY?
DISINTEGRANT
ALGINIC ACID?
DISINTEGRANT
GLUCOSE, CANE SUGAR, SORBITOL, GLYCERINE, SACCHARIN SODIUM??
SWEETENERS (SACCARINE IS 450 TIMES SWEETER THAN SUGAR AND IDEAL FOR DIABETICS)
TALC?
GLIDANT
CORN STARCH??
GLIDANT
COLLOIDAL SILICA?
GLIDANT
ZN, MG, CA STEARATE
GLIDANTS
CALICUM SILICATE?
GLIDANTS
CALCIUM PHOSPHATE?
GLIDANTS
BORIC ACID?
LUBRICANT
PRESERVATIVE
NA, MG, ZN, CA SALTS OF STEARATE?
LUBRICANT
STEARIC ACID?
LUBRICANT
WAXES?
LUBRICANT
VEGETABLE OILS?
LUBRICANT
COLLOIDAL SILICA?
ANTI-ADHESIVE
CORN STARCH?
ANTI-ADHESIVE
GLIDANT
METALLIC (STEARATE)?
ANTI-ADHESIVE
SILICA?
ADSORBENT (HOLDS 80% OF ITS OWN WEIGHT)
MAGNESIUM OXIDE?
ADSORBENT
MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE?
ADSORBENT
KAOLIN?
ADSORBENT
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE?
ADSORBENT