Products Sorbitol is found alone or in combination with other active ingredients in various laxatives (e.g., Pursana). It is also marketed as an open product and as a solution. Structure and properties Sorbitol (C6H14O6, Mr = 182.2 g/mol) exists as D-sorbitol, a white crystalline powder with a sweet taste that is very soluble in water. … Sorbitol
Stem plant Hyacinthaceae, sea onion. Medicinal drug Scillae bulbus – sea onion: the dried medium fleshy leaf of the onion cut into strips by L. Baker of the white onion variety (PH 4) – no longer officinal. According to PH 5 to be dried at 40-50°C. Preparations The old pharmacopoeias contained some preparations, e.g. Scillae … Sea Onion
Medicinal drug Rauwolfiae radix – Rauvolfia root. Ingredients Indole alkaloids (Rauwolfia alkaloids): reserpine, ajmaline, ajmalicine. Effects Antihypertensive by depleting adrenergic, serotoninergic, and dopaminergic nerve endings. Sympatholytic Reassuring Antiarrhythmic due to sodium channel blockade (ajmaline) Indications Drug: mild essential hypertension. Reserpine as pure substance: hypertension. It is rarely used today (UAW). Ajmaline as a pure substance: … Rauvolfia
Products Preparations from the leaves of foxglove are rarely used medicinally today. Medicines containing the ingredient digitoxin are available in some countries. Digoxin, the pure substance extracted from foxglove, is commercially available in many countries in the form of tablets (Digoxin Sandoz). Stem plant Red foxglove, a member of the plantain family (Plantaginaceae), is native … Red Foxglove
Products Uzara extracts have been used in Germany since the year 1911 and are now commercially available in the form of tablets, as a solution and juice for oral use (Uzara). The products are obtained by dry extraction from the root of the Uzara plant of the Asclepiadoideae family, which is native to South Africa … Uzara Root
Products Atenolol is commercially available in the form of film-coated tablets (Tenormin, generics). It has been approved in many countries since 1976 and is also combined fixed with chlortalidone (Tenoretic). Structure and properties Atenolol (C14H22N2O3, Mr = 266.3 g/mol) is a racemate. It exists as a white powder that is sparingly soluble in water. Effects … Atenolol
Products Tylosin is commercially available as a solution for injection and in the form of drug premixes as a veterinary drug (Tylan). Combination preparations with chloramphenicol and sulfadimidine are also available. It has been approved in many countries since 1967 and exclusively as a veterinary drug. Structure and properties Tylosin (C46H77NO17, Mr = 916.1 g/mol) … Tylosin
