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]

Top Medications with this excipient

• Fexofenadine Hydrochloride 180 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Levothyroxine Sodium 50 mcg (0.05 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Levothyroxine Sodium 100 mcg (0.1 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Levothyroxine Sodium 25 mcg (0.025 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Levothyroxine Sodium 75 mcg (0.075 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Levothyroxine Sodium 150 mcg (0.15 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Levothyroxine Sodium 125 mcg (0.125 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Levothyroxine Sodium 88 mcg (0.088 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Lovastatin 20 mg (Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
• Simvastatin 20 mg (Aurobindo Pharma)
• Simvastatin 20 mg (Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
• Simvastatin 20 mg (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)
• Simvastatin 40 mg (Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
• Simvastatin 40 mg (Aurobindo Pharma)
• Simvastatin 40 mg (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)
• Simvastatin 40 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
• Simvastatin 10 mg (Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
• Simvastatin 20 mg (Accord Healthcare)
• Vytorin 10 mg / 40 mg (Merck & Company Inc.)
• Vytorin 10 mg / 20 mg (Merck & Company Inc.)