active ingredient
ingredient which is responsible for the action of a product (cleaning action, therapeutic action of medication, etc.) | ||||
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Active Ingredient Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| EPA Terms of Environment |
Active Ingredient
In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.
In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
Active Ingredient
In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.
In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.
Active Ingredient Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Dictionary of Alternative-Medicine Methods |
active ingredient
A product component responsible for an effect the product was designed to have.
A product component responsible for an effect the product was designed to have.
| Drugs@FDA Glossary |
Active Ingredient
An active ingredient is any component that provides pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals.
An active ingredient is any component that provides pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals.
| The Glossary of the American Council on Science and Health |
active ingredient
A product component responsible for an effect the product was designed to have.
A product component responsible for an effect the product was designed to have.
Active Ingredient Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Biological Control |
Active ingredient (AI)
The component of a pesticide formulation responsible for the toxic effect.
The component of a pesticide formulation responsible for the toxic effect.
Active Ingredient Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Active ingredient
An active ingredient, also active pharmaceutical ingredient (or API), is the substance in a drug that is pharmaceutically active. Some medications may contain more than one active ingredient. The traditional word for the API is pharmacon (from Greek: (φάρμακον), adapted from pharmacos) which originally denoted a magical substance or drug.
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