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Acarbose

An inhibitor of intestinal alpha-glucosidases that slows the digestion of complex sugars, used in type 2 diabetes; produced on an industrial scale and in use in many countries since 1990. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, labelled standards, nitrosamines and other impurities.

Did you know?It is a pseudotetrasaccharide made by fermentation by a bacterium of the genus Actinoplanes: it resembles a short chain of sugars and blocks the enzymes that should break down starch.

AcarboseGo to the active ingredient →
AcarboseActive ingredientAcarboseCat. No. P-A010-001CAS 56180-94-0

EDQM standards 3

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

Reference substanceAcarbose CRSEDQM code Y0000500Family Acarbose

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