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Pharma and Nutritions
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and Excipients,
Food Additives and Dietary and Nutritional Supplements, Animal feeds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_formulation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_nutrition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_nutrition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_formula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_ingredient
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excipient
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_additive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary supplement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_feed
Packages of medication
Other names :
medicine, drug, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical preparation, pharmaceutical
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An active
ingredient (AI) is the ingredient in a pharmaceutical drug or pesticide that is biologically active. The similar terms active
pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and bulk active are also used
in medicine, and the term active substance may be used for natural
products. Some medication products may contain more than one active ingredient.
The traditional word for the API is pharmacon or pharmakon (from Greek: φάρμακον, adapted
from pharmacos) which originally denoted a magical
substance or drug.
The terms active constituent or active principle are often chosen
when referring to the active substance of interest in a plant (such as salicylic acid in willow bark or arecoline in areca nuts), because the word ingredient in
many minds connotes a sense of human agency (that is, something
that a person combines with other substances), whereas the natural products present in plants were not
added by any human agency but rather occurred naturally ("a plant doesn't have
ingredients").
In contrast with the active ingredients, the inactive ingredients are usually
called excipients in
pharmaceutical contexts. The main excipient that serves as a medium for
conveying the active ingredient is usually called the vehicle. Petrolatum and mineral oil are common vehicles.
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An excipient is a substance formulated alongside the active ingredient of a medication,[1] included for the purpose of long-term stabilization,
bulking up solid formulations that contain potent active ingredients in small
amounts (thus often referred to as "bulking agents", "fillers", or "diluents"),
or to confer a therapeutic enhancement on the active ingredient in the final
dosage form, such as facilitating drug absorption,[2][3] reducing
viscosity,[4] or enhancing
solubility.[5] Excipients can also be useful in the manufacturing
process, to aid in the handling of the active substance concerns such as by
facilitating powder flowability or non-stick properties, in addition to aiding in vitro stability such as
prevention of denaturation or
aggregation over the expected shelf life. The selection of appropriate
excipients also depends upon the route of administration and the dosage form, as well as the active ingredient and
other factors. A comprehensive classification system based on
structure-property-application relationships has been proposed for excipients
used in parenteral medications.[6][7]
Pharmaceutical regulations
and standards require that all ingredients in drugs, as well as their chemical decomposition products, be identified and shown to be safe. Often, more
excipient is found in a final drug formulation than active ingredient, and
practically all marketed drugs contain excipients.[1]:1 As with new drug substances and dosage forms thereof, novel
excipients themselves can be patented; sometimes, however, a
particular formulation involving them is kept as a trade secret instead (if not
easily reverse-engineered).
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Food additives
are substances added to food to
preserve flavor or
enhance its taste, appearance, or other qualities. Some additives have been used
for centuries; for example, preserving food by pickling (with vinegar), salting,
as with bacon,
preserving sweets or
using sulfur dioxide as
with wines.
With the advent of processed foods in the second half of the twentieth century,
many more additives have been introduced, of both natural and artificial origin.
Food additives also include substances that may be introduced to food indirectly
(called "indirect additives") in the manufacturing process, through packaging, or during storage or transport.[1][2]
Numbering
To regulate these additives and inform consumers, each additive is assigned a
unique number called an "E number",
which is used in Europe for
all approved additives. This numbering scheme has now been adopted and extended
by the Codex Alimentarius Commission
to internationally identify all additives,[3] regardless
of whether they are approved for use.
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A
dietary supplement is
a manufactured product intended to supplement the diet when taken by mouth as a
pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid.[2] A
supplement can provide nutrientseither
extracted from food sources or synthetic, individually or in combination, in
order to increase the quantity of their consumption. The class of nutrient
compounds includes vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids and amino acids.
Dietary supplements can also contain substances that have not been confirmed as
being essential to life, but are marketed as having a beneficial biological
effect, such as plant pigments or polyphenols.
Animals can also be a source of supplement ingredients, as for example collagen from
chickens or fish. These are also sold individually and in combination, and may
be combined with nutrient ingredients. In the United States and Canada, dietary
supplements are considered a subset of foods, and are regulated accordingly.
The European Commission has
also established harmonized rules to help insure that food supplements are safe
and properly labeled.[3]
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- Pharmaceutical industry
- Cosmetic industry
- Food additives and dietary
supplements
- Feeding stuff
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