Potassium Nitrate

Scheme

USAN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0007757-79-1

Chemical Formula

K-N-O3

Molecular Weight

110

Therapeutic Category

Vasodilator

Foreign Names

• Kalii nitras (Latin)
• Kaliumnitrat (German)
• Potassium (nitrate de) (French)

Generic Names

• Potassium Nitrate (OS: JAN)
• E 252 (IS: E Number)
• Kalisalpeter (IS)
• Kalii nitras (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Kaliumnitrat (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Potassium (nitrate de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Potassium Nitrate (PH: BP 2010, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Dolni-K
  Farpag, Colombia



• Sensodyne-F (Potassium Nitrate and Sodium Fluoride)
  GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Canada

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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