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
Further information
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Top Medications with this excipient
- Aplenzin 348 mg
- Aplenzin 174 mg
- Divalproex Sodium 250 mg
- Divalproex Sodium Delayed-Release 500 mg
- Divalproex Sodium Delayed-Release 125 mg
- Fosinopril Sodium and Hydrochlorothiazide 20 mg / 12.5 mg
- Fosinopril Sodium and Hydrochlorothiazide 10 mg / 12.5 mg
- Gabapentin 300 mg
- Gabapentin 600 mg
- Gabapentin 400 mg
- Glumetza 1000 mg
- Ibuprofen PM 38 mg / 200 mg
- Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release 750 mg
- Nisoldipine Extended Release 8.5 mg
- Paxil CR 25 mg
- Paxil CR 37.5 mg
- Paxil CR 25 mg
- Simvastatin (Orally Disintegrating) 20 mg
- Simvastatin (Orally Disintegrating) 40 mg
- XL-3 Cold Medicine for Children acetaminophen 80 mg / chlorpheniramine maleate 2 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
