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Monday, December 22, 2014

Syrup Preparation Part II

Cherry Syrup USP

Other Name: Syrupus Gerasi.

Formula:

Cherry Juice                             475ml
Sucrose                                    800g
Alcohol                                      20ml
Purified Water, q.s.           __________
        To make                         1000ml

Preparation:
Dissolve sucrose in cherry juice by heating on a steam bath, cool and remove the foam and floating solids. Add the alcohol and sufficient quantity of purified water to complete the volume, mix well.

Possible Uses:
Pleasant flavored vehicle particularly in masking the salty taste of bromides and chlorides. Superior in taste than ordinary cherry syrup.


Aromatic Eriodictyon Syrup NF

Other Names: Aromatic Yerba Santa Syrup; Syrupus Corrigens.

Formula:

Eriodictyon Fluidextract                                            32 ml
Potassium Hydroxide Solution (1 in 20)                      25 ml
Compound Cardamon Tincture                                   65 ml
Lemon Oil                                                                0.5 ml
Clove Oil                                                                    1 ml
Alcohol                                                                      32 ml
Sucrose                                                                     800 g
Magnesium Carbonate                                                 5 g
Purified Water, q.s.                                          ___________
            To make                                                     1000ml


Preparation:
Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, add consecutively the fluidextract, tincture and potassium hydroxide and 325ml of purified water. Add magnesium carbonate, shake, allow to stand overnight, filter and add sufficient quantity of purified water through the filter to make the liquid 500ml, pour the filtrate upon the sucrose contained in a bottle and dissolve by placing the bottle in hot water, agitating the contents frequently. Cool and add sufficient quantity of purified water to make 1000 ml.

Possible Uses:
Pleasant flavored vehicle especially for making the bitter taste of quinine.



Glychyrrhiza Syrup USP

Other Names: Syrupus Glycyrrhizae; Licorice Syrup

Formula:
Glychyrrhiza Fluidextract                      250ml
Fennel Oil                                            0.05 ml
Anise Oil                                                 0.5ml
Syrup, q.s.                                           __________
            To make                                    1000ml

Preparation:
Add the oil to the fluidextract, agitate to mix and add sufficient quantity of syrup to make the product measure 1000ml.

Possible Use:
Flavored vehicle especially for bitter or nauseous substances.
 

Hydriodic Acid Syrup NF

Other Name: Syrupus Acidi Hydriodici

Formula:
Diluted Hydriodic Acid                          140ml
Dextrose                                              450g
Purified Water, q.s.                           _________
              To make                                  1000ml


Preparation:
Mix the diluted hydriodic acid and 550ml of purified water, add the dextrose and agitate to dissolve. Finally add sufficient quantity of purified water to make 1000ml and filter.

Possible Uses: 
Vehicle for expectorant drugs, its therapeutic properties are attributed to the iodides.

Caution: The syrup must not be dispensed if it contains free iodine, as evidence by a red coloration.

Hydriodic Acid Syrup (1) reacts with alkali to form salts. (2) Liberates organic acid from their salts. (3) Converts certain water-soluble organic compounds such as phenobarbital sodium into insoluble form. (4) Oxidizing agents liberate iodine. (5) Alkaloids may precipitated. (6) Bismuth subnitrate as partially reduced to a gray-black product consisting of a mixture of iodides and oxides of bismuth.

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