Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
API
Pronunciation
/ˈæktɪv ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˌɪnˈgridiənt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Laboratory

Examples in Context

  1. Those peaks which are bulk drug process impurities are disregarded, since they are controlled in the active pharmaceutical ingredient.
  2. Process and technical requirement for the development of the active pharmaceutical ingredient ( API ) generic drugs
  3. With the quick development of Chinese pharmaceutical, at present China has become the biggest production country and export country of active pharmaceutical ingredient in the world, and the antibiotics API is the most important part of pharmaceutical raw material.
  4. Objective : Comparing with artesunate API ( Active pharmaceutical ingredient ), anti-hepatoma effect of artesunate nano-liposomes in liver cancer, the influence of apoptosis related gene expression.
  5. Sterilization Process Validation of Aseptic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient(API)

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