Title: moistening agents
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - moistening agents
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15213
Status: current

Definition
Usually water or low-molecular-weight alcohols or compounds, used in topical applications and in wet granulation, for the production of tablets.

Related Terms
- tablets: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15241
- topical: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15149
- wet granulation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15194

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 971. 'Glossary of terms related to pharmaceutics (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 992 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-04-10-14)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15213/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15213/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15213/xml

Citation: Citation: 'moistening agents' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15213
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