Ethylcellulose (100 MPa.s)
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Apr 7, 2022.
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Ethylcellulose is a free-flowing, white to light tan powder used in the pharmaceutical and food manufacturing industries. It is prepared from wood pulp or cotton by treatment with alkali and ethylation of the alkali cellulose with ethyl chloride. Ethylcellulose is used in pharmaceutical industry as a coating agent, flavoring fixative, tablet binder and filler, and as a viscosity-increasing agent. Ethyl cellulose is also used in the food industry as an emulsifier.[1] [2]
There is very limited data detailing possible side effects of ethylcellulose; however it is included in the FDA generally regarded as safe (GRAS) Database of Substances (SCOGS) Reviews.[3]
Top medications with this excipient
- Aplenzin 174 mg
- Bupropion Hydrochloride Extended-Release (XL) 150 mg
- Copegus 200 mg
- Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Extended Release 15 mg
- Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Extended Release 5 mg
- Etodolac Extended-Release 500 mg
- Etodolac Extended-Release 600 mg
- Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Extended-Release 16 mg
- Metformin Hydrochloride Extended-Release 500 mg
- Namenda XR 14 mg
- Namenda XR 28 mg
- Potassium Chloride Extended-Release 20 mEq (1500 mg)
- Prenatal Plus Prenatal Vit 27 mg Fe Fumarate 1 mg
- Quetiapine Fumarate Extended-Release 400 mg
- Quetiapine Fumarate Extended-Release 150 mg
- Tramadol Hydrochloride Extended Release 200 mg
- Uroxatral 10 mg
- Venlafaxine hydrochloride extended-release 150 mg
- Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-Release 37.5 mg
- Venlafaxine hydrochloride extended-release 37.5 mg
References
- Dave RH. Overview of pharmaceutical excipients used in tablets and capsules. Drug Topics (online). Advanstar. 10/24/2008 http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/Top+News/Overview-of-pharmaceutical-excipients-used-in-tabl/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/561047. Accessed 08/19/2011
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States. Prepared at the 26th JECFA (1982), published in FNP 25 ( 1982) and FNP. 52 (1992). Accessed March 31, 2012. Ethylcellulose. http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-additives/specs/Monograph1/Additive-178.pdf
- FDA’s SCOGS database; Ethylcellulose; SCOGS-Report Number: 25; http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnDetailNavigation.cfm?rpt=scogsListing&id=365 Accessed March 31, http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnDetailNavigation.cfm?rpt=scogsListing&id=119
Further information
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