Chemicals and Drugs

Vaccine Excipients

Media added to a vaccine for a specific purpose. These include: preservatives to prevent contamination, adjuvants to stimulate a stronger immune response, and stabilizers. (From https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/b/excipient-table-2.pdf)

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Media added to a vaccine for a specific purpose. These include: preservatives to prevent contamination, adjuvants to stimulate a stronger immune response, and stabilizers. (From https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/b/excipient-table-2.pdf)

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Excipient, Vaccine
  • Excipients, Vaccine
  • Vaccine Excipient

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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History Note

2020

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Tree Numbers

  1. D26.650.800
  2. D27.720.744.770.419w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vaccine Excipients. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000079282. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000079282
  2. Vaccine Excipients. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114370974