Oleaginous Vehicle Database

Last Review: March 2006

Select a vehicle by clicking on the name
Alkyl (C12-C15) Benzoate, NF	Almond Oil, NF	Coconut Oil
Corn Oil, NF	Cottonseed Oil	Ethyl Oleate
Isopropyl Myristate	Isopropyl Palmitate	Mineral Oil
Mineral Oil, light	Octyldodecanol	Olive Oil
Peanut Oil	Safflower Oil	Sesame Oil
Soybean Oil	Squalane

Although most liquid pharmaceuticals are aqueous, a drug must often be formulated in a nonaqueous vehicle. For example, the drug may have limited water solubility, or it may not be stable in an aqueous vehicle. Drugs formulated in oil vehicles may have different release characteristics that result in a different onset and duration of action. Nonaqueous vehicles are routinely used for oral, topical, rectal, otic, nasal (limited), and parenteral formulations.

This database describes several oleaginous vehicles used in pharmaceutical compounding.