active ingredient

English

Noun

active ingredient (plural active ingredients)

1. (pharmacology) The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.

Translations

component responsible of activity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有效成分 (yǒuxiào chéngfèn)

• Danish: aktiv ingrediens c, virksomt stof c
• Dutch: werkzame stof f
• Finnish: aktiivinen ainesosa, vaikuttava aine
• German: Wirkstoff (de) m, Arzneimittelwirkstoff m (pharmacology)
• Greek: δραστικό συστατικό n (drastikó systatikó)
• Hungarian: hatóanyag (hu)
• Italian: principio attivo (it) m
• Russian: действующее вещество (dejstvujuščeje veščestvo)
• Spanish: principio activo (es) m

See also

• API
• inactive ingredient