THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT
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The term active indicates a substance that has a certain biological activity, including all substances with therapeutic (drugs), beneficial (vitamins, probiotics) or toxic (poisonous). The active ingredients may be synthetic - is the case of most drugs -, semisynthetic, as for example aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), or natural, for example alkaloids and extracts from plants used in traditional medicine or phytotherapy. The active form is the active moiety of medicaments, which are also formed by the excipients.
The active substance is thus the molecular element that operates the effect desired medicament. There are thousands of active ingredients on the market that are placed on the market after years of experimentation.
The active ingredients in fact are not present in the same amount in all products on the market. The title is nothing more than the quantity, expressed in percentage, of the active ingredient most significant of that product; standardization ensures that in each capsule / tablet / tablet there is the same amount of active ingredient. It 'important not to be misled by the prices of the products and check the amount of active ingredient contained. Often too low prices are an indication of low titration.
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