PHARMACEUTICAL AIDS

 

"Pharmaceutical aids are the drugs or substances which have no or little pharmacological effect but they are essentially used in the preparation of pharmaceutical dosage forms" (like tablets, injections, emulsions, ointments.)

Class                                                                         Examples.

 

1. Coloring agent                : Turmeric, chlorophyll, Caramel, Cochineal insect for red

   colour.

2. Flavoring agent              : Cardamom, cinnamon oil, rose, Orange peel, Nut-meg

3. Sweeting agent              : Honey, Sucrose, Lactose, and Liquorice.

4. Binding agent                 : Mucilage of Acacia, Mucilage of Tragacanth 2 % starch

  solution.

5. Diluents                            : Lactose, starch, Arachis oil, cinnamon water, sesame oil,

  and Peppermint  water.

6. Disintegrating                 : Isapgol Methylcellulose, Carboxymethylcellulose(CMC),  

    Agent                                   microcrystalline cellulose, psyllium husk

7.  Lubricants                      : Talc, coca butter, and magnesium trisilicate.

8. Emulsifying Agent         : Gum tragacanth, agar, and Gum acacia.

9. Suspending agents       : Bentonite, Gum tragacanth, Gum acacia

10. Ointment bases            : Bee wax, spermaceti, and lanolin, Carnauba wax

11. Thickening agent         : Methylcellulose, pectin, Tragacanth

Define Drug: -

"Drugs are those substances which are used in humans or animals either externally or internally for the treatment prevention, diagnosis, mitigation of diseases, it also includes substances which are used to kill of expel warms from G. I. T. or insects & the substances which affect the any fun or structure of body"

Technical Product: -

1)         The crude drug which are used as medicine as well as in industry is known as Technical Product. e. g. Papain: It is used for digestion of protein. In industry it is used to prevent chill haze in beer & to make meat soft.

2)         Oleoresin of ginger: - It is used as carminative. In soft drink industry used to give particular taste.

3)         Starch: It is used as binding agent, disintegrating agent & in halogen poisoning In cloth industry as filler.