National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Coating Excipient
Synonyms

Coating Excipient

Coating
Definitions

Therapeutically inactive ingredient of pharmaceutical dosage form used to protect it against premature physical breakup and to prevent unwanted environmental interactions. Coating can mask bad taste and allow pills to be swallowed easily. Several types of coatings are used: thin film, sugar coating, enteric coating (the most unpredictable because such coated tablets may pass through the stomach intact and be released into the intestine at unpredictable intervals all at one time rather than slowly over a period of time. Typical pill coatings include zein, shellac, or sugars.
ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C42663
code

C42663
DEFINITION

Therapeutically inactive ingredient of pharmaceutical dosage form used to protect it against premature physical breakup and to prevent unwanted environmental interactions. Coating can mask bad taste and allow pills to be swallowed easily. Several types of coatings are used: thin film, sugar coating, enteric coating (the most unpredictable because such coated tablets may pass through the stomach intact and be released into the intestine at unpredictable intervals all at one time rather than slowly over a period of time. Typical pill coatings include zein, shellac, or sugars.
FULL_SYN

Coating Excipient

Coating
label

Coating Excipient
Legacy Concept Name

Coating_Excipient
Preferred_Name

Coating Excipient
prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C42663
Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally
UMLS_CUI

C1704806
subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C42637
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