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<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = RESERPINE TABLET [EON LABS, INC.] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=3a4d74d7-2e63-4789-b50e-af17ced92462 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = 7 March 2014 }}</ref> | Reserpine, USP is an antihypertensive, available as 0.1 mg and 0.25 mg tablets for oral administration. Its chemical name is methyl 18β-hydroxy-11,17 α-dimethoxy-3β, 20α-yohimban-16β-carboxylate 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate (ester) and its structural formula is: | ||
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Reserpine USP, a pure crystalline alkaloid of rauwolfia, is a white or pale buff to slightly yellowish, odorless crystalline powder. It darkens slowly on exposure to light, but more rapidly when in solution. It is insoluble in water, freely soluble in acetic acid and in chloroform, slightly soluble in benzene, and very slightly soluble in alcohol and in ether. Its molecular weight is 608.69. | |||
Inactive Ingredients: Acacia, confectioner’s sugar1, corn starch, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate. | |||
This product complies with Dissolution Test #2. | |||
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Revision as of 15:42, 7 March 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abdurahman Khalil, M.D. [2]
DESCRIPTION
Reserpine, USP is an antihypertensive, available as 0.1 mg and 0.25 mg tablets for oral administration. Its chemical name is methyl 18β-hydroxy-11,17 α-dimethoxy-3β, 20α-yohimban-16β-carboxylate 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate (ester) and its structural formula is:
Reserpine USP, a pure crystalline alkaloid of rauwolfia, is a white or pale buff to slightly yellowish, odorless crystalline powder. It darkens slowly on exposure to light, but more rapidly when in solution. It is insoluble in water, freely soluble in acetic acid and in chloroform, slightly soluble in benzene, and very slightly soluble in alcohol and in ether. Its molecular weight is 608.69.
Inactive Ingredients: Acacia, confectioner’s sugar1, corn starch, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate.
This product complies with Dissolution Test #2.
1In 0.25 mg tablets only.[1]
References
- ↑ "RESERPINE TABLET [EON LABS, INC.]". Retrieved 7 March 2014.