ATC Group: B05X I.V. solution additives

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of B05X in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 B Blood and blood forming organs
2 B05 Blood substitutes and perfusion solutions
3 B05X I.V. solution additives

Group B05X contents

Code Title
B05XA Electrolyte solutions
B05XB Amino acids
B05XC Vitamins
B05XX Other i.v. solution additives

Active ingredients in B05X

Active Ingredient Description
Alanine glutamine dipeptide

N(2)-L-alanyl-L-glutamine is rapidly split into alanine and glutamine after infusion, which are useful amino acids for the body in dealing with hypercatabolic and/or hypermetabolic conditions.

Ammonium chloride
Arginine

Arginine is an essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. It is commonly found as a component of total parenteral nutrition.

Asparagine
Aspartic acid
Calcium chloride

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, and is an essential body electrolyte. Homeostasis is mainly regulated by the parathyroid hormone, by calcitonin, and by the activated form of vitamin D. Calcium is a structural component of bones and teeth. It is also required for blood clotting, neurotransmitter release, muscle contraction and normal heartbeat.

Calcium gluconate

Calcium gluconate is the gluconate salt of calcium. An element or mineral necessary for normal nerve, muscle, and cardiac function, calcium as the gluconate salt helps to maintain calcium balance and prevent bone loss when taken orally.

Cysteine
Histidine
Hydrochloric acid
Isoleucine
Leucine
Lysine
Magnesium chloride
Magnesium phosphate
Magnesium sulfate

Magnesium sulfate is a saline purgative. It can be employed locally in various inflammatory conditions, due to its osmotic action.

2,5-Diaminopentanoate
Phenylalanine
Potassium acetate
Potassium chloride

Potassium plays a vital physiological role in maintenance of normal electrical excitability of nerve and muscle. It is also important in the genesis and correction of imbalances of acid-base metabolism.

Potassium phosphate

Potassium is the principle cation in intracellular fluid. It is involved with carbohydrate metabolism, glycogen storage and protein synthesis. It is involved with transmembrane potential and profound effects on muscle. Phosphorus has many important biochemical functions in the body and is involved in many significant metabolic and enzyme reactions in almost all organs and tissues.

Serine
Sodium acetate
Sodium bicarbonate

Sodium bicarbonate has antacid properties. Sodium bicarbonate causes neutralisation of gastric acid with the production of carbon dioxide.

Sodium chloride

Sodium chloride is the principle salt involved in maintaining the osmotic tension of blood and tissues. Changes in osmotic tension influence the movement of fluids and diffusion of salts in cellular tissue.

Sodium glycerophosphate
Sodium phosphate
Sodium selenite

Selenium is an essential trace element. In human, selenium compounds are glutathione peroxidase and a selenium protein P found in the plasma. Deficiency of selenium has been associated with an endemic form of cardiomyopathy, Keshan disease and with Kaschin-Beck disease, an endemic osteoarthropathy which causes a severe deformity of the joints.

Threonine
Trometamol

Trometamol acts as a proton acceptor and prevents or corrects acidosis by actively binding hydrogen ions (H+). Tromethamine also acts as an osmotic diuretic, increasing urine flow, urinary pH, and excretion of fixed acids, carbon dioxide and electrolytes. It is used for the prevention and correction of metabolic acidosis.

Tyrosine
Valine
Zinc chloride

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