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active pharmaceutical ingredient
Every drug has two components, one is the main substance which is the active pharmaceutical ingredient and the other is the inert substance, which can be the solvent in which the active ingredient is suspended.
Generally active ingredient is the ingredient in a pharmaceutical drug or a pesticide that is biologically active. Active pharmaceutical ingredients is the portion of any drug, which are active. Certain Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients are unknown and hence require additional substances, which can work in conjunction with the API to produce the required medicinal effect.The API is one of the prime components of the drug. It is added with other non active substance to form drug or tablets.Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients are the chemically active substance, which is meant to produce the desired effect in the body.
Bulk drugs save money. Buying 500 cephalexin can cost 5.00 where as 100 can cost 4.88.Another very common use for this term is active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)- meaning the active ingredient in the drugs. The market of bulk drugs is very developed and contains international companies such as Teva Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (tapi.com) or Ranbaxy (ranbaxy.com).
Torsemide is an active pharmaceutical ingredient which is used for treatments of for example hypertension and effusions. It belongs to the group of loop diuretics.
the active ingredient is DEET
Oxycodone is the active ingredient .
the active ingredient is sildenafil citrate
Cyanoacrylite is the active ingredient.
the active ingredient is potassium nirtrate
Teva Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients - TAPI - was created in 1901.