Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), popularly speaking, are the raw materials of medicines, only pharmaceutical raw materials are processed into pharmaceutical preparations , can they become medicines available for clinical use, so drugs we usually eat are the finished drugs through processing. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients based on its sources can be divided into two major categories ,including chemical synthetic drugs and natural chemical drugs. Chemical synthetic drugs can be divided into organic synthetic drugs and inorganic synthetic drugs. Inorganic synthetic drugs are inorganic compounds ( very few is element), such as aluminum hydroxide, magnesium trisilicate which are used for the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers ; organic synthetic drugs are mainly composed of drugs made by basic organic chemical raw materials, through a series of organic chemical reactions (such as aspirin, chloramphenicol, caffeine, etc.). Natural chemical drugs ,based on its sources,can be divided into two categories including biochemical drugs and plant chemical drugs. Antibiotics are generally made by the microbial fermentation, which belongs to the biochemistry category. A variety of semi-synthetic antibiotics occurs in recent years,which are biosynthesis and chemical synthesis combining products.Among active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, the organic synthetic drugs varieties, yields and values have the largest proportion,which are the main pillars of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The quality of active Pharmaceutical Ingredients decides whether the formulation is good or bad , so its quality standards are very strict ,countries in the world have developed national pharmacopoeia standards and strict quality control methods for its widely used active Pharmaceutical ingredients.
Bischloroethyl nitrosourea —Mechanism of Action
Bischloroethyl nitrosourea (BCNU) is a mustard-gas-derived alkylating agent that underwent clinical trials for use as an antineoplastic agent in the mid-1960s. Intravenous BCNU received US Food and Dr
Nov 18,2021 APIPreparations and Uses of Famotidine
Famotidine is a histamine-2 blocker that works by decreasing the amount of acid the stomach produces.
Nov 17,2021 APISide effects of Brevital Sodium
Methohexital sodium is a barbiturate used to make you fall asleep before a surgery or other medical procedure. Brevital Sodium is usually given in combination with other types of anesthesia.
Nov 17,2021 APIUses of 2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanol
British Anti-Lewisite (BAL) is a synthetic therapeutic substance developed during World War II for using as an antidote against the vesicant arsenic war gases (Lewisite). The first experiments were ba
Nov 16,2021 APIUses of Atropine
Atropine is the racemic mixture of L- and D-hyoscyamine and possesses 50% of the antimuscarinic potency of L-hyoscyamine. Atropine is derived from the components of the belladonna plant and is also pr
Nov 16,2021 APISide effects of Dopamine hydrochloride
Dopamine hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic amine vasopressor, is the naturally occurring immediate precursor of norepinephrine. Dopamine hydrochloride is a white to off-white crystalline powder, which
Nov 15,2021 APIPrecautions in Handling of Potassium carbonate
Potassium carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula K2CO3. It is a white salt, which is soluble in water. It is deliquescent, often appearing as a damp or wet solid. Potassium carbonate is
Nov 12,2021 APIUses of Amyl nitrite
Amyl nitrite had been used clinically as early as 1867, when the Scottish physician Sir Thomas Brunton used it as a vasodilator as treatment for angina pectoris in his patients. In the late 1880s, a p
Nov 10,2021 APIClindamycin phosphate - Application, Pharmacokinetics, Synthesis, Safety etc.
Clindamycin Phosphate?is the phosphate salt form of?clindamycin, a semi-synthetic, chlorinated broad spectrum antibiotic produced by chemical modification of?lincomycin.?It is a lincomide antibiotic.
Nov 9,2021 APISide effects of Ibrutinib
Ibrutinib is an inhibitor of BTK kinase, which can covalently bind to the cysteine residues in the active center of BTK, thereby inhibiting the activity of B cells.
Nov 4,2021 API