Excipients in Pharmaceuticals are inactive ingredients added to formulations alongside the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient(API) to transform it into a safe,stable and effective dosage form.
* ⁠The word Excipients is derived from the Latin Excipere, meaning ‘to Except’, which is simply explained as ‘other than’.
* ⁠Pharmaceutical excipients Are basically everything other than the active Pharmaceutical ingredient.
* ⁠They Fulfil various functions,such as providing bulk(fillers), holding a tablet together(binders), heling it Break apart(disintegrants), protecting the drug(coating, preservatives), and enhancing patient acceptability through flavouring and sweeteners.
* ⁠Simply Said the Excipients enable the drug substance to be applied in the Right form and supports the way and place of action without being active themselves.