Have you ever wondered what that coating on your medications and vitamins is? It’s an additive made from magnesium stearate. Magnesium stearate is a fine white powder that sticks to your skin and is ...

Experts say stearic acid is the only long-chain saturated fat that does not raise cholesterol levels. In the form of a powder, the salt forms the coating that you see on medications and vitamins.

Copper salts have found place in many industries from pharmaceuticals to agriculture, but they are rarely seen in petrochemistry and petroleum extraction. Now, Kazan Federal University scientists have ...

A new Raman spectroscopic method to detect magnesium stearate in powder blends and tablets is described. High-volume pharmaceutical manufacturing requires the use of lubricants to facilitate tablet ...

Humans began to use cleaning substances that resemble modern soaps almost five millennia ago. Early crude soaps were made from natural fats and oils and available alkaline materials such as wood ashes ...