Butylated Hydroxyanisole
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Dec 9, 2024.
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]
Some examples of medications containing Butylated Hydroxyanisole
- Buprenorphine Hydrochloride (Sublingual) 8 mg (base)
- Buprenorphine Hydrochloride and Naloxone Hydrochloride (Sublingual) 8 mg (base) / 2 mg (base)
- Escitalopram Oxalate 20 mg (base)
- Escitalopram Oxalate 10 mg (base)
- Escitalopram Oxalate 5 mg (base)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 50 mcg (0.05 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 150 mcg (0.15 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 112 mcg (0.112 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 88 mcg (0.088 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 100 mcg (0.1 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 25 mcg (0.025 mg)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 75 mcg (0.075 mg)
- Lovastatin 20 mg
- Simvastatin 20 mg
- Simvastatin 40 mg
- Simvastatin 10 mg
- Simvastatin 10 mg
- Simvastatin 40 mg
- Simvastatin 20 mg
- Simvastatin 20 mg
References
- [1]Medicines Complete. Pharmaceutical Excipients. Monographs. Butylated hydroxyanisole. Accessed April 9, 2012. http://www.medicinescomplete.com
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