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Homatropine

An anticholinergic, an ester of tropine with mandelic acid, used as an eye drop to dilate the pupil and block focusing; it is less potent and shorter-acting than atropine and is on the WHO List of Essential Medicines. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities and other impurities.

Did you know?The mandelic acid it contains was discovered in 1831 by German pharmacist Ferdinand Ludwig Winckler by heating amygdalin from bitter almonds: the name comes from the German Mandel, almond.

HomatropineGo to the active ingredient →
HomatropineActive ingredientHomatropineCat. No. P-H025-001CAS 87-00-3

EDQM standards 3

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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