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Pharmaceutic aid

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-020824

Substances which are of little or no therapeutic value, but are necessary in the manufacture, compounding, storage, etc., of pharmaceutical preparations or drug dosage forms. They include solvents, diluting agents, and suspending agents, and emulsifying agents. Also, antioxidants; preservatives; pharmaceuticals; coloring agents; flavoring agents; vehicles; excipients; ointment bases.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-020824
FieldEnvironment
SubjectChemical substances
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020824",
  "term": "Pharmaceutic aid",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Pharmaceutic Aid",
  "definition": "Substances which are of little or no therapeutic value, but are necessary in the manufacture, compounding, storage, etc., of pharmaceutical preparations or drug dosage forms. They include solvents, diluting agents, and suspending agents, and emulsifying agents. Also, antioxidants; preservatives; pharmaceuticals; coloring agents; flavoring agents; vehicles; excipients; ointment bases.",
  "subject": "Chemical substances",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/pharmaceutic-aid/"
}

Record 20,263 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.