Japanese Pharmaceutical Excipients
| Name | Uses | Administration Route |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminum chloride | Potentiating agent | IM, SC |
| Aluminum hydroxide | Adsorbent | IM, SC |
| Anhydrous sodium pyrophosphate | Dispersing agent, Isotonicity, Stabilizer | IV, IM, intraspinal |
| Calcium disodium edetate | Stabilizer | IV, SC, intra-arterial, intraspinal, other |
| Calcium D-saccharate | Stabilizer | IV |
| Creatinine | Buffering agent, Stabilizer | IV, IM, intracutaneous, SC, other injection |
| Cresol | Preservative | IV, IM, SC |
| L-Cystine | Stabilizer | IV |
| Cysteine hydrochloride | Antioxidant, Stabilizer | IM, IV |
| Dibasic sodium citrate | Buffering agent, Vehicle | IV |
| Diethanolamine | Buffer, Solubilizer, Stabilizer | IV |
| N, N-Dimethylacetamide | Solvent | IV |
| Disodium hydrogen phosphate, Anhydrous | Buffering agent, pH adjustment | IV, SC, IM, other injection |
| Ethyl oleate | Solvent | IM, intracutaneous |
| Ethylurea | Solubilizing agent | IM, IV |
| Ferric chloride | Stabilizer | IV |
| Gentisylethanolamide | Antiseptic | IV |
| N-hydroxyethyl lactamide solution | Solubilizing agent | IV |
| Inositol | Stabilizer, Vehicle | IV, IM |
| L-Lysine-L-glutamate | Solubilizing agent, Stabilizer | IV |
| Magnesium gluconate | Stabilizer | IV |
| Maleic acid | Buffering agent, pH adjustment, Stabilizer | IM |
| Maleic anhydride | Solubilizer, Stabilizer | IV |
| Methanesulfonic acid | pH adjustment | IM, SC |
| DL-Methionine | Stabilizer | IM, intra-arterial, SC, intracutaneous |
| Monoethanol amine | Buffer agent, pH adjustment, Solubilizer, Stabilizer | IV |
| Monopotassium L-glutamate monohydrate | Preservative, Stabilizer | SC |
| Oleic acid and purified oleic acid | Dispersing agent, Solvent | IV |
| Oleyl alcohol | IV | |
| Phosphoric acid | Buffer agent, Isotonicity, pH adjustment, Solubilizing agent, Stabilizer | IV, IM, SC |
| Polyoxyethylene castor oil (average added molar ethylene oxide is ∼35) | Dispersing agent, Emulsifying agent, Solubilizing agent, Stabilizer, Surfactant, Suspending agent, Vehicle | IV |
| Polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil 50 | Dispersing agent, Emulsifying agent, Solubilizing agent | IM, IV |
| Polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil 60 | Dispersing agent, Emulsifying agent, Solubilizing agent | SC, IM, IV, intraspinal |
| Polyoxyethylene[160] polyoxypropylene [30] glycol | Dispersing agent, Emulsifying agent, Solubilizer, Stabilizer, Suspending agent, Vehicle, Surfactant, Wetting agent | IV |
| Polysorbate 20 | Dispersing agent, Emulsifying agent, Solubilizer, Surfactant, Stabilizer, Suspending agent, Vehicle, Wetting agent | IV, SC |
| Potassium pyrosulfite | Stabilizer | IV |
| Sodium acetyl tryptophan | Stabilizer | IV, SC |
| Sodium caprylate | Stabilizer | IV, SC |
| Sodium chondroitin sulfate | Stabilizer | IV |
| Sodium desoxycholate | Solubilizing agent | Intracutaneous, IV, intraspinal |
| Sodium dihydrogen phosphate anhydrous | Buffer agent, Isotonicity, pH adjustment, Stabilizer | IV, IM, SC |
| Sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate | Buffer agent, Isotonicity, pH adjustment, Stabilizer | IM, IV, intra-arterial, SC, intracutaneous, intraspinal, other injection |
| Sodium formaldehydesulfoxylate | Stabilizer | IV, IM |
| Sodium metasulfobenzoate | Stabilizer | IV, IM, other injection |
| Sodium sulfite | Antioxidant, Stabilizer | IV |
| Sodium thioglycolate | Antioxidant, Stabilizer | IV, IM, SC |
| Sodium thiomalate | IM | |
| Stannous chloride | Reducing agent | IV |
| Succinic acid | Buffering agent, pH adjustment | IV |
| Sulfuric acid | Buffering agent, pH adjustment | IM, IV, intra-arterial |
| alpha-Thioglycerol | Antioxidant | IV, IM, SC |
| Thioglycolic acid | Solubilizing agent, Stabilizer | IV, IM, SC |
| Tribasic sodium phosphate | Buffering agent, pH adjustment | IV, IM, SC |
| Triethanolamine | Buffer, pH adjuster, Solubilizing agent, Stabilizer | IV |
| Purified yolk lecithin | Emulsifier | IV |
| Zinc acetate | Stabilizer | SC |
IM = intramuscular.
IV = intravenous.
SC = subcutaneous.