Product Description: Tributyl citrate is a citric acid ester. Tributyl citrate can be used as an excipient, such as plasticizer. Pharmaceutical excipients, or pharmaceutical auxiliaries, refer to other chemical substances used in the pharmaceutical process other than pharmaceutical ingredients. Pharmaceutical excipients generally refer to inactive ingredients in pharmaceutical preparations, which can improve the stability, solubility and processability of pharmaceutical preparations. Pharmaceutical excipients also affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination (ADME) processes of co-administered drugs[1][2].
Formula: C18H32O7
References: [1]FINKELSTEIN M, et al. Toxicology of the citric acid esters: tributyl citrate, acetyl tributyl citrate, triethyl citrate, and acetyl triethyl citrate. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1959 May;1(3):283-98./[2]Elder DP, et al. Pharmaceutical excipients - quality, regulatory and biopharmaceutical considerations. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2016 May 25;87:88-99.
CAS Number: 77-94-1
Molecular Weight: 360.45
Compound Purity: 98.21
Research Area: Others
Solubility: DMSO : 100 mg/mL (ultrasonic)
Target: Biochemical Assay Reagents