Definitions for active ingredient
ac·tive in·gre·di·ent

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1. active ingredientnoun

   The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.

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1. Active ingredient

   An active ingredient is the ingredient in a pharmaceutical drug or pesticide that is biologically active. The similar terms active pharmaceutical ingredient and bulk active are also used in medicine, and the term active substance may be used for natural products. Some medication products may contain more than one active ingredient. The traditional word for the active pharmaceutical agent is pharmacon or pharmakon (from Greek: φάρμακον, adapted from pharmacos) which originally denoted a magical substance or drug. The terms active constituent or active principle are often chosen when referring to the active substance of interest in a plant (such as salicylic acid in willow bark or arecoline in areca nuts), because the word ingredient in many minds connotes a sense of human agency (that is, something that a person combines with other substances), whereas the natural products present in plants were not added by any human agency but rather occurred naturally ("a plant doesn't have ingredients"). In contrast with the active ingredients, the inactive ingredients are usually called excipients in pharmaceutical contexts. The main excipient that serves as a medium for conveying the active ingredient is usually called the vehicle. Petrolatum and mineral oil are common vehicles.

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1. Active ingredient

   An active ingredient is the substance in a pharmaceutical drug or a pesticide that is biologically active. The similar terms active pharmaceutical ingredient and bulk active are also used in medicine, and the term active substance may be used for pesticide formulations. Some medications and pesticide products may contain more than one active ingredient. The traditional word for the API is pharmacon or pharmakon which originally denoted a magical substance or drug. A dosage form : the API, which is the drug itself; and an excipient, which is the substance of the tablet, or the liquid the API is suspended in, or other material that is pharmaceutically inert. Drugs are chosen primarily for their active ingredients. Because homeopathic products no longer have any biologically active ingredients, their list of ingredients refers to the original ingredients used in their preparation and the finished product no longer contains any active ingredients.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of active ingredient in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of active ingredient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of active ingredient in a Sentence

1. Chief Executive Ioan Nani:

   We already have four products that we sell there (U.S.) and in addition to two permanent clients buying nystatin, four others are waiting for FDA approval to use our active ingredient.

2. La Puma:

   This helps your body absorb more of the curcumin, which is the active ingredient in turmeric that delivers the positive health effects.

3. Executive Director Shabbir Safdar:

   Teenagers don't understand that just because they look like a real pill, doesn't mean they're a real pill, typically, these pills don't have any active ingredient. It's just filler powder and fentanyl.

4. Jeff Zients:

   According to Pfizer, the complex chemistry involved in creating the active ingredient in the pill means production takes about six to eight months, so supply of this product will ramp up over the next several months, knowing that these pills take time to manufacture, Pfizer continues to increase their production plans, and now that the pill is authorized, we'll have discussions to explore how we can help them improve their manufacturing capacity even further by providing any resources needed.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Active_Ingredient
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Ingredient
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=active ingredient