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About author :
E. Anka Rao*, S. Revathi, D. Mahidhar Reddy, B. Dayasagar
k. Jyothirmai, P.Rambabu, KVS. Prasad, M. Madan Mohan Reddy
Narayana Pharmacy College, Nellore, AP, India
*E-mail : [email protected]
ABSTRACT:
Diluents are usually comprehended as finely powdered “ inert’’ solid substances which can be mixed up with medicaments in order to bring up the weight of tablets to be compressed up to a certain minimal level. The diluents are essential additives in any tablet composition where quantity of the medicament is small. Ingredient in a medicinal preparation that lacks pharmacologic activity but is pharmaceutically necessary or desirable. In tablet or capsule dosage forms, this may be Sugars or Polysaccharides, Inorganic compounds; it is particularly useful in increasing the bulk of potent drug substances with a mass too small for dosage to allow manufacture or administration. May be a liquid for the dissolution of drug to be injected, ingested, or inhaled.
Key Words : Diluents, Sugars, Polysaccharides, Inorganic compounds,Miscellaneous materials
