What's in Advil
from sourceA medicine sold over the counter, without a prescription.
From the product's label on DailyMed from Haleon US Holdings LLC, which lists 26 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 10 of them by their FDA UNII codes. DailyMed label, version 38. 16 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- IbuprofenC13H18O2
Active ingredient. Purpose on the label: Pain reliever/Fever reducer from source
As a pure substance: LD50 636 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
Inactive ingredients 9
- Allura Red ACC18H14N2Na2O8S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C red No. 40) from source
- Sunset yellow FCFC16H10N2Na2O7S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C yellow No. 6) from source
- GlycerolC3H8O3
Inactive ingredient (on the label as glycerin) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 5,570 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Silicon dioxideO2Si
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 22,500 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Sodium lauryl sulfateC12H25NaO4S
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 1,288 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Stearic acidC18H36O2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 21.5 mg/kg (rat, iv) from source
- WaterH2O
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 25,000 mg/kg (mouse, iv) from source
- Sodium benzoateC7H5NaO2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 3,450 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- SucroseC12H22O11
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 29,700 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
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