Active ingredientDocusate SodiumCat. No. P-D163-001CAS 577-11-7Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Docusate
An anionic surfactant used as a stool softener: it lowers the surface tension of stools, so they take up more water and fat. It is on the WHO List of Essential Medicines and also helps to loosen impacted earwax. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, labelled standards and other impurities.
Did you know?It started life as a detergent: it was patented in 1937 and first sold as an industrial wetting agent; only in 1955 did two doctors propose using it for constipation.
Go to the active ingredient →Active ingredientDocusate SodiumCat. No. P-D163-001CAS 577-11-7
Pharmacopoeial impurityDocusate Sodium USP Related Compound B Disodium SaltCat. No. P-D163-002CAS 86878-53-7
Isotopically labelledDocusate-d34 Sodium SaltCat. No. P-D163-003CAS 175736-89-7
ImpurityDocusate Impurity 1Cat. No. P-D163-004CAS 83930-07-8
ImpurityDocusate Impurity 2Cat. No. P-D163-005CAS 83930-08-9
ImpurityDocusate Impurity 3Cat. No. P-D163-006CAS 96954-01-7
ImpurityDocusate Impurity 5Cat. No. P-D163-007CAS 7529-83-1
ImpurityDocusate Sodium Related Compound A Sodium SaltCat. No. P-D163-008CAS 115960-17-3
ImpurityDocusate Sodium Related Compound B Sodium SaltCat. No. P-D163-009CAS 82829-43-4
ImpurityDocusate Sodium Related Compound D Sodium SaltCat. No. P-D163-010CAS 2575516-73-1
ImpurityMono(2-ethylhexyl) maleateCat. No. P-D163-011CAS 7423-42-9
ImpurityDocusate Impurity 4Cat. No. P-D163-012CAS 2575516-71-9No product matches your search.
EDQM standards 1
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
Reference substanceDocusate sodium CRSEDQM code Y0001567Family DocusateNeed a molecule you cannot find?
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