REVIEW OF FLAVOURING AGENTS USED IN PHARMACEUTICS
Dr. Dubey Somil*
ABSTRACT
The International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC) defines excipients as any substance other than active drug or prodrug that is included in manufacturing process or is contained in a finished pharmaceutical dosage form. USP-NF lists 40 functional categories of excipients for pharmaceutical usage. One of the categories is Organoleptic compliance that impart flavour, colour to drug. Flavours are used to make medicine palatable. Again these flavours are classified based on their source as natural, artificial or natural and artificial (N&A). Present paper focuses on highlighting the important aspects of flavouring agents used as pharmaceutical excipients.
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