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PHR3195

Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride

pharmaceutical secondary standard, certified reference material

Synonym(s):

Levocetirizine dihydrochloride, (-)-Cetirizine dihydrochloride; 2-[2-[4-[(R)-(4-chlorophenyl)-phenyl-methyl]piperazin-1-yl]ethoxy]acetic acid dihydrochloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C21H25ClN2O3·2HCl
CAS Number:
130018-87-0
Molecular Weight:
461.81
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
MDL number:
MFCD07366507

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Product Name

Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride, pharmaceutical secondary standard, certified reference material

InChI

1S/C21H25ClN2O3.2ClH/c22-19-8-6-18(7-9-19)21(17-4-2-1-3-5-17)24-12-10-23(11-13-24)14-15-27-16-20(25)26;;/h1-9,21H,10-16H2,(H,25,26);2*1H/t21-;;/m1../s1

SMILES string

Cl.Cl.OC(=O)COCCN1CCN(CC1)[C@H](c2ccccc2)c3ccc(Cl)cc3

InChI key

PGLIUCLTXOYQMV-GHVWMZMZSA-N

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to USP 1359969

API family

cetirizine

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

pkg of 500 mg

application(s)

pharmaceutical

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

300

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Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Application

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Levocetirizine dihydrochloride is a nonsedating type histamine H1-receptor antagonist; active isomer of cetirizine
Levocetirizine hydrochloride is a nonsedating antihistamine. It is a histamine H1-receptor antagonist, the active isomer of cetirizine. Levocetirizine has high bioavailability, high affinity for and occupancy of the H1 receptor.

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA6959(changes by product) in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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GHS07,GHS09

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Warning

hcodes

H302,H400

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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