Auxiliaries and Other Medicinal Chemicals

Auxiliaries in medicine is defined as excipients and additives used in the production of drugs and prescriptions, that is, the general name of all materials except the main active components of drugs, which is an important part of pharmaceutical preparations. Auxiliaries can be divided into five categories: synthetic auxiliaries, cross-linking auxiliaries, functional auxiliaries, stability auxiliaries and process auxiliaries. The appearance, smell and durability of additives will affect the use of products. When choosing auxiliaries, it is necessary to understand the adaptability of additives to processing conditions, compatibility with polymers, durability and toxicity of additives. It should be noted that most of the auxiliaries are dangerous chemicals, some are flammable and explosive, and many auxiliaries have greater toxicity, so it is necessary to choose environmentally friendly auxiliaries, and the dosage should be appropriate, in accordance with the norms in the process of use, do a good job of protective measures to protect personal safety.

Medicinal Chemicals refers to chemicals that can be used in human drugs. Each chemical has a different pharmaceutical grade, and the purity of the pharmaceutical grade is generally higher than that of the food grade and the medical grade.