| D009824 |
Ointments |
Semisolid preparations used topically for protective emollient effects or as a vehicle for local administration of medications. Ointment bases are various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons. |
Ointment,Paste,Pastes,Salve,Unguent,Salves,Skin Ointment,Unguents,Ointment, Skin |
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| D010592 |
Pharmaceutic Aids |
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, PHARMACEUTICAL; COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS; OINTMENT BASES. |
Aids, Pharmaceutic,Aids, Pharmaceutical,Pharmaceutical Aids |
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| D005780 |
Gelatin |
A product formed from skin, white connective tissue, or bone COLLAGEN. It is used as a protein food adjuvant, plasma substitute, hemostatic, suspending agent in pharmaceutical preparations, and in the manufacturing of capsules and suppositories. |
Gelafusal |
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| D005990 |
Glycerol |
A trihydroxy sugar alcohol that is an intermediate in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. It is used as a solvent, emollient, pharmaceutical agent, or sweetening agent. |
1,2,3-Propanetriol,Glycerin,1,2,3-Trihydroxypropane,Glycerine |
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| D000042 |
Absorption |
The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy. |
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| D012212 |
Rheology |
The study of the deformation and flow of matter, usually liquids or fluids, and of the plastic flow of solids. The concept covers consistency, dilatancy, liquefaction, resistance to flow, shearing, thixotrophy, and VISCOSITY. |
Flowmetry,Velocimetry,Velocimetries |
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| D013488 |
Suppositories |
Medicated dosage forms that are designed to be inserted into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body for absorption. Generally, the active ingredients are packaged in dosage forms containing fatty bases such as cocoa butter, hydrogenated oil, or glycerogelatin that are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature. |
Rectal Suppositories,Vaginal Suppositories,Vaginal Suppository,Suppositories, Rectal,Suppositories, Vaginal,Suppository, Vaginal |
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