Sodium Alginate

Scheme

Ph. Eur.

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0009005-38-3

Chemical Formula

(C6-H8-O6)n

Therapeutic Categories

Pharmaceutic aid

Hemostatic agent, local

Chemical Name

Alginic acid, sodium salt

Foreign Names

• Natrii alginas (Latin)
• Natrium alginat (German)
• Alginate de sodium (French)

Generic Names

• Algin (IS)
• E 401 (IS)
• Kelgin (IS)
• Natrium alginicum (IS)
• Natriumpolymannuronsäure (IS)
• Sodium Polymannuronate (IS)
• Natrii alginas (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Sodium Alginate (PH: Ph. Eur. 6, NF 27, BP 2010)

Brand Names

• Alginate de sodium/Bicarbonate de sodium Biogaran (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
  Biogaran, France



• Alginate de sodium/Bicarbonate de sodium EG (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
  EG Labo, France



• Alginate de sodium/Bicarbonate de sodium Sandoz (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
  Sandoz, France



• Alginate de sodium/Bicarbonate de sodium Teva (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
  Teva Santé, France



• Alginatol
  Nizhpharm, Russian Federation



• Alloid G
  Kyosei Seiyaku, Japan



• Alto
  Kyosei Seiyaku, Japan



• Arcrane
  Tsuruhara Seiyaku, Japan



• Gaviscon
  Reckitt Benckiser, South Africa



• Gaviscon (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate, + Calcium Carbonate)
  Reckitt Benckiser, Thailand



• Gaviscon (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
  Reckitt Benckiser, Belgium; Reckitt Benckiser, France; Reckitt Benckiser, South Africa; Reckitt Benckiser-UK, Italy



• Gaviscon Advance (Sodium Alginate and Potassium Hydrogencarbonate)
  Reckitt Benckiser, Belgium; Reckitt Benckiser, Germany; Reckitt Benckiser, Ireland; Reckitt Benckiser, Singapore; Reckitt Benckiser-UK, Italy



• Gaviscon Nourrisson (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate (pediatric))
  Reckitt Benckiser, France



• Gavisconell (Sodium Alginate and Sodium Bicarbonate)
  Reckitt Benckiser, France



• Natalsidum
  Nizhpharm, Russian Federation



• Reflufin
  Farmaser, Colombia



• Sanmel
  Toa Yakuhin, Japan

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Ph. Eur.	European Pharmacopoeia

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