Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), popularly speaking, are the raw materials of medicines, only pharmaceutical raw materials are processed into pharmaceutical preparations , can they become medicines available for clinical use, so drugs we usually eat are the finished drugs through processing. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients based on its sources can be divided into two major categories ,including chemical synthetic drugs and natural chemical drugs. Chemical synthetic drugs can be divided into organic synthetic drugs and inorganic synthetic drugs. Inorganic synthetic drugs are inorganic compounds ( very few is element), such as aluminum hydroxide, magnesium trisilicate which are used for the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers ; organic synthetic drugs are mainly composed of drugs made by basic organic chemical raw materials, through a series of organic chemical reactions (such as aspirin, chloramphenicol, caffeine, etc.). Natural chemical drugs ,based on its sources,can be divided into two categories including biochemical drugs and plant chemical drugs. Antibiotics are generally made by the microbial fermentation, which belongs to the biochemistry category. A variety of semi-synthetic antibiotics occurs in recent years,which are biosynthesis and chemical synthesis combining products.Among active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, the organic synthetic drugs varieties, yields and values have the largest proportion,which are the main pillars of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The quality of active Pharmaceutical Ingredients decides whether the formulation is good or bad , so its quality standards are very strict ,countries in the world have developed national pharmacopoeia standards and strict quality control methods for its widely used active Pharmaceutical ingredients.
Synthesis and Pharmaceutical Applications of 3-Bromobiphenyl
3-Bromobiphenyl serves as an important intermediate in the synthesis of various pharmaceutical compounds.
Nov 4,2025 APIInhibition of Aspergillus flavus Growth by 1-Nonanol
1-Nonanol is one of the main components of wheat volatiles, which was found to have considerable antimicrobial activity.
Nov 4,2025 APIMedical Applications and Usage Instructions for Dipyridamole
Dipyridamole is used to dilate blood vessels in patients with peripheral arterial and coronary artery disease.
Nov 4,2025 APISalicylamide: Melanin-Inducing Activity, Antiviral Derivatives & Antigonorrheal Potential
Salicylamide induces melanin via Mitf/tyrosinase, its derivatives have broad antiviral activity, and it combats multidrug-resistant gonorrhea.
Nov 4,2025 API6-Gingerol: Bioactivities & Hepatoprotection
6-Gingerol inhibits cancer, ameliorates diabetes, uses SMEDDS to solve poor solubility, and protects liver from DEN damage.
Oct 31,2025 APIThe synthetic methods of Dibucaine hydrochloride
Dibucaine hydrochloride blocks the generation and conduction of nerve impulses by reducing the permeability of neuronal cell membranes to sodium ions.
Oct 28,2025 APILoperamide Hydrochloride: Therapeutic Antidiarrheal Use and Abuse Risks
Loperamide hydrochloride is an over-the-counter antidiarrheal , while high-dose abuse causes CNS issues and severe cardiotoxicity like QTc prolongation.
Oct 27,2025 APIMegestrol Acetate: Anticancer Mechanisms and CYP3A4 Induction
Megestrol acetate induces endometrial cancer cell senescence (PR-B/FOXO1/p21 axis), relieves CINV, but activates hPXR to induce CYP3A4.
Oct 27,2025 APIIsobutaneboronic Acid: Residual Solvent Determination & Derivatization
Isobutaneboronic acid uses DAN-derivatization to avoid GC column damage, enabling accurate residual solvent detection per ICH guidelines.
Oct 27,2025 APICorosolic Acid: Antidiabetic Effects & Structural Analogs
Corosolic acid boosts insulin sensitivity, modulates cancer pathways (NF-κB/PI3K/Akt), and has analogs with improved bioavailability.
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