Glyceryl Behenate
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Glyceryl behenate is a saturated fatty acid (C22H43O2), a mixture of glyceryl esters of behenic acid made from glycerin and behenic acid). The mixture contains predominately glyceryl dibehenate. Glyceryl behenate is used in the pharmaceutical industry as an excipient in tablets and capsules and as a lubricant. It is a food substance generally regarded as safe by the FDA.[1]
[1] FDA: CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Accessed February 15, 2015 at http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1328
Top Medications with this excipient
- Advil Allergy Sinus chlorpheniramine maleate 2 mg / ibuprofen 200 mg / pseudoephedrine 30 mg
- Aplenzin 174 mg
- Aplenzin 348 mg
- Divalproex Sodium 250 mg
- Divalproex Sodium Delayed-Release 500 mg
- Fosinopril Sodium and Hydrochlorothiazide 20 mg / 12.5 mg
- Fosinopril Sodium and Hydrochlorothiazide 10 mg / 12.5 mg
- Gabapentin 400 mg
- Gabapentin 600 mg
- Gabapentin 300 mg
- Ibuprofen PM 38 mg / 200 mg
- Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release 500 mg
- Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release 750 mg
- Metoprolol Succinate Extended-Release 50 mg
- Nisoldipine Extended Release 8.5 mg
- Nisoldipine Extended Release 17 mg
- Paxil CR 25 mg
- Simvastatin (Orally Disintegrating) 80 mg
- Simvastatin (Orally Disintegrating) 20 mg
- XL-3 Cold Medicine for Children acetaminophen 80 mg / chlorpheniramine maleate 2 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
