What's in Children's Benadryl
from sourceA medicine sold over the counter, without a prescription.
From the product's label on DailyMed from Kenvue Brands LLC, which lists 12 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 9 of them by their FDA UNII codes, 1 of those through the parent compound of the salt, hydrate or other form on the label. DailyMed label, version 15. 3 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- DiphenhydramineC17H21NO
Active ingredient. Purpose on the label: Antihistamine (on the label as diphenhydramine hydrochloride) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 500 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
Inactive ingredients 8
- Citric acidC6H8O7
Inactive ingredient (on the label as anhydrous citric acid) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 3,000 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Allura Red ACC18H14N2Na2O8S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C red No. 40) 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
- GlycyrrhizinC42H62O16
Inactive ingredient (on the label as ammonium glycyrrhizate) 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
- Sodium chlorideClNa
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 3,000 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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