Zinc stearate [CAS 557-05-1]

Zinc stearate is a Zinc distearate. Zinc stearate can be used as an excipient, such as lubricants for tablets and capsules. 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].

[557-05-1]

C36H70O4Zn

632.33

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC([O-])=O.CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC([O-])=O.[Zn+2]

Biochemical Assay Reagents

10 mM in DMSO

4°C (Powder, sealed storage, away from moisture)

Room Temperature

H302, H315, H319, H335, H413

H302, H315, H319, H335, H413