An active ingredient, also active pharmaceutical ingredient (or API), is the substance in drug that is pharmaceutically active. Many drugs are provided in tablet form. ...
A capsule, tablet, syrup, intravenous fluid, or any other formulation of a drug is traditionally composed of two things: The API, which is the drug itself; and an excipient, which is the substance of the tablet, or the liquid the API is suspended in, or other material that is pharmaceutically inert. The word capsule (from the Latin capsula, a small box), has many similar meanings in English: In botany, a capsule is a type of dry fruit as in the poppy, iris, foxglove, etc. ... For other meanings please see Tablet (disambiguation) Common disk-shaped pills A pharmacological tablet is a medicinal or other active substance mixed with binder powders and pressed into a tablet form. ... In cooking, Syrup (from the Arabian šarab via Latin siropus) is a thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugar, but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. ... An intravenous drip in a hospital Intravenous therapy or IV therapy is the administration of liquid substances directly into a vein. ... An excipient is a substance used as a filling agent in a medication. ... Inert is the state of doing little or nothing. ...
See also:counterfeit drug. A counterfeit drug or a counterfeit medicine is, according to the law of many countries, the drug that is sold under a product name without proper approval. ...
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In the case of sensitive activeingredients it is preferable first for the polymeric binder to be melted in an extruder and then for the activeingredient to be admixed in a mixer/kneader reactor.
Pharmaceutical activeingredients mean for the purpose of the invention all substances with a pharmaceutical action and minimal side effects as long as they undergo negligible decomposition under the processing conditions.
Activeingredients for the purpose of the invention are also vitamins and minerals, as well as crop treatment agents and insecticides.