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Printed on: Sun Feb 04 2024, 08:08:20 PM(EST) Status: Currently Official on 05-Feb-2024 DocId: GUID-D667E341-63E0-40F5-B08A-16D6A51EE625_1_en-US

Printed by: uspnf ustlibrary63 Official Date: Official Prior to 2013 Document Type: USP @2024 USPC
Do Not Distribute DOI Ref: ht447 DOI: https://doi.org/10.31003/USPNF_M35460_01_01
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B: Disperse 12 Suppositories in about 125 mL of water in a


Glycerin Suppositories 250-mL beaker on a hot plate. Cool, add 1.5 mL of
hydrochloric acid, and pour the mixture into a 250-mL
» Glycerin Suppositories contain Glycerin solidified separator. Extract with 75 mL of hexanes, discarding the lower
aqueous layer and collecting the organic layer in a beaker.
with Sodium Stearate. [NOTE—If preferred, the Evaporate with the aid of a steam bath to near dryness: the IR
Sodium Stearate for Glycerin Suppositories may be absorption spectrum of a mineral oil dispersion of the residue
prepared during the making of the Suppositories so obtained exhibits maxima only at the same wavelengths as
by the direct reaction between Stearic Acid and those of a mineral oil dispersion of USP Stearic Acid RS.
Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Carbonate, or Water Determination, Method I á921ñ: not more than
15.0%.
Sodium Hydroxide, these being taken in the Assay—Transfer an accurately weighed quantity of
correct proportion.] Glycerin Suppositories contain Suppositories, equivalent to about 250 mg of glycerin, to a
not less than 75.0 percent and not more than 90.0 250-mL volumetric flask. Dissolve in water, dilute with water
percent, by weight, of glycerin (C3H8O3). to volume, and mix. Pipet 5 mL of this solution into a 250-mL
conical flask, and add 50.0 mL of a reagent prepared by mixing
Packaging and storage—Preserve in well-closed 40 mL of dilute sulfuric acid (1 in 20) with 60 mL of potassium
containers. periodate solution (1 in 1000) acidified with 3 to 5 drops of
USP Reference standards á11ñ— sulfuric acid. Heat the solution on a steam bath for 15 minutes,
USP Stearic Acid RS cool to room temperature, and add 1 g of potassium iodide.
Allow the flask to stand for 5 minutes, and titrate with 0.02 N
Identification— sodium thiosulfate VS, adding 3 mL of starch TS as the
A: Dissolve 1 g of sodium borate in 100 mL of water, add endpoint is approached. Perform a blank determination, using

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25 drops of phenolphthalein TS, and mix. To a test tube water in place of Suppositories, and note the difference in
containing 0.5 mL of this solution add 2 drops of 1 Suppository volumes required. Each mL of the difference in volume of
that has been melted: the pink solution becomes colorless, and 0.02 N sodium thiosulfate consumed is equivalent to
when it is heated the pink color reappears. ci 0.4604 mg of glycerin (C3H8O3).
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