Glossary
API: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
The effects of medications or pharmaceutical products are caused by their Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, or APIs.
Sometimes shortened to ‘active ingredient’, the phrase ‘active pharmaceutical ingredient’ refers to the component within a medicine or treatment that has the desired effect on a specific health condition. These components are biologically active and have a direct influence on the symptoms being treated.
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