Excipients Fiedler encyclopedia

Hoeffner EM, Reng A, Schmidt PC, eds. Fiedler Encyclopedia of Excipients for Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Related Areas, 5th edn. Munich, Germany Editio Cantor Verlag Aulendorf, 2002 1270. 

We endeavoured to select typical and often used representative substances for particular classes of compounds. These then can be used as representatives for similar compounds. This also is the reason why the number of substances covered here is rather low compared with some lists of excipients such as, e. g., Fiedler Encyclopedia of Excipients or Index der Hilfsstoffe/Index of Auxiliary Substances by H. P. Fiedler. It would not have been meaningful to include numerous, very similar substances - all showing virtually identical IR spectra. 

Fiedler Encyclopedia of Excipients describes the properties of more than 17,000 excipients that are used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. The descriptions contain chemical name, synonyms, structural formula, pharmacopoeial references, CAS Registry number (Chemical Abstract Service), synthesis, properties, use, toxicology, analysis. Published by Editio Cantor Verlag... 

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