Uses: Sodium docusate is used to treat constipation, as a laxative or stool softener. It is also used in the ...    More ...

Uses: Sodium docusate is used to treat constipation, as a laxative or stool softener. It is also used in the synthesis of electrospun fibers for customizing and controlling the release of antibiotic drugs.


                                           Items
                                          Standard
                     
                                      Characters
                                          Description: white, wax-like, plastic solid, having a
  characteristic odor suggestive of octyl alcohol, but no
  odor of other solvents.
                     
                                      Solubility:very   soluble in solvent hexane; freely soluble
                in alcohol   and in glycerin; sparingly soluble in water.
                     
                                      Identification   
                                          IR   :Concordant with Reference Standard
                     
                                      Clarity of   solution
                                          Dissolve 25 g   in 100 mL of alcohol: the solution does not
                develop a   haze within 24 hours
                     
                                      Water
                                          Not more than   2.0%
                     
                                      Residue on   ignition
                                          15.5%
                ~ 16.5%,   calculated on the anhydrous basis
                     
                                      Heavy metals
                                          Not more than   10 ppm
                     
                                      Limit of   bis(2-etylhexyl)maleate
                                          Not more than   0.4%
                     
                                      Residual   solvents
                                          2-Ethyl-1-hexanol   : Not more than 0.5%
                     
                                      Dichloromethane   : Not more than 0.06%
                     
                                      Isopropanol :   Not more than 0.5%
                     
                                      Methanol :   Not more than 0.3%
                     
                                      Assay
                                          99.0% -   100.5% on the anhydrous basis
                     
    
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