Sorbitan
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Sorbitans are derived from dehydration of sorbitol or sorbose and related compounds in ester combination with fatty acids and with short oligo (ethylene oxide) side chains and an oleate terminus to form detergents and surfactants such as polysorbate 80. Their appearance may vary from an amber-colored oily, viscous liquid, to a light cream color, to tan beads or flakes or a hard, waxy solid with a slight odor They are also used as surfactants or emulsifying agents in the preparation of emulsions, creams, and ointments for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use. Sorbitan use in asthma inhalers has been implicated in causing secondary bronchospasms in children.
Further information
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Top Medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride acetaminophen 325 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
- Acetaminophen, Doxylamine Succinate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride acetaminophen 325 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
- Advil Cold & Sinus ibuprofen 200 mg / pseudoephedrine 30 mg
- Advil Liqui-Gels 200 mg
- Amantadine Hydrochloride 100 mg
- Calcitriol 0.25 mcg
- Calcitriol 0.5 mcg
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 25 mg
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride and Ibuprofen 25 mg / 200 mg
- Docusate Sodium 100 mg
- Ibuprofen 200 mg
- Multi Symptom NiteTime acetaminophen 325mg / dextromethorphan 15mg / doxylamine 6.25 mg
- Nifedipine 10 mg
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg
- Robitussin Peak Cold Daytime Cold + Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
- Robitussin Peak Cold Nighttime Cold + Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg
- Simethicone 125 mg
