Glyceryl Monostearate
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Glyceryl monostearate, C21H42O4, also known as monostearin, is a mixture of variable proportions of glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl monopalmitate , and glyceryl esters of fatty acids present in commercial stearic acid. In industry, it can be used as an emulsifier. It also occurs naturally in the body as a fat metabolite, and is present in foods with high fat content. In pharmaceuticals, it is used as a protective coating for hygroscopic powders, and a solidifier and control release agent.[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=184.1324
Top Medications with this excipient
- Azulfidine EN-tabs 500 mg (Pharmacia and Upjohn Company)
- Clarithromycin Extended Release 500 mg (Watson Pharmaceuticals)
- Hycamtin 0.25 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Hycamtin 1 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Lamictal XR 300 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Lamictal XR 250 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Metoprolol Succinate Extended-Release 50 mg (Watson Pharmaceuticals)
- Metoprolol Succinate Extended-Release 25 mg (Watson Pharmaceuticals)
- Metoprolol Succinate Extended-Release 200 mg (Watson Laboratories, Inc.)
- Naproxen Enteric Coated 375 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Naproxen Enteric Coated 500 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Nexium 20 mg (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
- Nexium 40 mg (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
- Nitrostat 0.3 mg (Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group)
- Nitrostat 0.4 mg (Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group)
- Omeprazole Magnesium Delayed-Release 20 mg (base) (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Pre Natal Vitamins Plus prenatal multivitamins with ferrous fumarate 27 mg and folic acid 1 mg (Boca Pharmacal, Inc.)
- Tamsulosin Hydrochloride 0.4 mg (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)
- Vimovo esomeprazole 20 mg / naproxen 500 mg (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
- Vimovo esomeprazole 20 mg / naproxen 375 mg (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
