Dextrates

Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)

What is it?

Dextrates is a purified mixture of saccharides developed from the controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of starch. It is either anhydrous (no water) or hydrated (with water) and contains between 93 and 99% of dextrose equivalent, calculated on the dried basis. It is a micro-crystalline aggregate, and is made of free-flowing, porous, white, odorless, and spherical granules. It may be directly compressed into self-binding tablets; it is used in the preparation of chewable, non-chewable, soluble, dispersible and effervescent tablets. It has a sweet taste and produces a cooling sensation in the mouth. Dextrate is freely soluble in water (1 g in 1 mL), insoluble in ethanol, and soluble in dilute acids and alkalies.^[1]

Top Medications with this excipient

• Acid Reducer + Antacid Dual Action calcium carbonate 800 mg / famotidine 10 mg / magnesium hydroxide 165 mg (American Sales Company)
• Aspirin (Chewable) 81 mg (Rite Aid)
• Aspirin (Chewable) 81 mg (Time-Cap Labs, Inc)
• Bismuth Subsalicylate (Chewable) 262 mg (Unifirst First Aid Corporation)
• Caffeine 200 mg (Time-Cap Labs, Inc.)
• Carbamazepine Extended-Release 200 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Carbamazepine Extended-Release 400 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
• Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 12.5 mg (LNK International, Inc.)
• Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride (Orally Disintegrating) 12.5 mg (LNK International, Inc.)
• Divalproex Sodium Delayed Release 500 mg (Watson Laboratories, Inc.)
• Fosrenol 750 mg (Shire US Inc.)
• Fosrenol 1000 mg (Shire US Inc.)
• Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate 200 mg (Actavis Pharma, Inc.)
• Mylanta Gas Maximum Strength 125 mg (McNeil Consumer Pharmaceuticals)
• Tums Dual Action calcium carbonate 800mg / famotidine 10mg / magnesium hydroxide 165mg (GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare)
• XL-3 Cold Medicine for Children acetaminophen 80 mg / chlorpheniramine maleate 2 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg (Selder, S.A. de C.V.)