Butylated Hydroxyanisole
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Butylated hydroxyanisole (C11H16O2), also known as BHA, is a food antioxidant that is available dissolved in propylene glycol. Butylated hydroxyanisole comes as a white crystalline powder or a yellowish-white waxy solid. It is used in a wide range of cosmetics, foods, and pharmaceuticals. When used in food products, it delays oxidative rancidity of fats and oils, and prevents loss of activity of oil-soluble vitamins. It may be found in pharmaceutical gels, creams and liquid or gelatin capsules, tablets and other pharmaceutical dosage forms.
Animals studies have shown tumors in rats and mice forestomachs at levels much higher than that consumed by humans. Overall, the evidence does not support the occurrence of tumors when butylated hydroxyanisole is ingested at much lower levels.[1]
[1] [1]Medicines Complete. Pharmaceutical Excipients. Monographs. Butylated hydroxyanisole. Accessed April 9, 2012. http://www.medicinescomplete.com
Top Medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen, Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide and Doxylamine Succinate 325 mg / 15 mg / 6.25 mg
- Escitalopram Oxalate 10 mg (base)
- Juvisync simvastatin 40 mg / sitagliptin 100 mg
- Levothyroxine Sodium 75 mcg (0.075 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 50 mcg (0.05 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 150 mcg (0.15 mg)
- Lovastatin 10 mg
- Lovastatin 10 mg
- Lovastatin 40 mg
- Lovastatin 40 mg
- Lovastatin 20 mg
- Lovastatin 40 mg
- Mevacor 40 mg
- Simvastatin 10 mg
- Simvastatin 40 mg
- Simvastatin 80 mg
- Simvastatin 40 mg
- Simvastatin 20 mg
- Stromectol 3 mg
- Zocor 40 mg
