Question
Posted on: March 6 2013I am looking for a compound for an aqueous solution of vitamin E following a prescription for 2 month baby.
Dosage 75 IU/ml, posology: 0.7 ml per day for 2 months.
Answer
In A text, found on the APB website, for vitamin E the conversion of units to MG is treated. The expression of the vitamin E-activity is quite complex because a set of natural isomers exist that each possess a variable biological activity. The vitamin E activity can be expressed in two ways (1):
- The old standard, the international unit, is defined as that amount equivalent to 1 mg of DL-α-tocopherol acetate, a synthetic derivative of the Of course, vitamin E. In principle, this standard was already abandoned in 1956, but is still widely used in practice every day.
- the new standard is based on the biologically most active form D-α-tocopherol, the natural isomer (RRR-α-tocopherol). 1 mg D-α-tocopherol is defined as 1 D-α-tocopherol equivalent (α-TE).
Bassron sells tocopherol acetate; I suspect the DL-α-tocopherol acetate (falls check). In this case, 1 IU = 1 mg; This means 75 mg/ml or 2.25 g/30ml. I would try the next composition in which vitamin E is solubilised in water.
R/K sorbate 90mg
Citric acid 80mg
Tween 80 4g
Vitamin E oil 2.25 g
anise oil 80mg
sugar syrup 4.2 g
water up to 30ml