Substance Drug information Molecular Structural info

Chloroform Physical Characteristics: Clear, 119.38 g/mol

colorless, mobile liquid
CHCl₃
Odor: ethereal odor
Taste: burning sweet taste;

Specific gravity:1.474 and 1.478,

indicating 99-99.5% of CHCl3
(trichloromethane) ;

Boiling point: 61°C

Other information:
 not flammable but its heated
vapor burn with a green
flame affected by light and
moisture;
 not affected by acids, but
decomposed by alkali
hydroxide into alkali
chloride and sodium formate
(HCOONa).

Uses:
 Anesthetic by inhalation
 Internal – carminative
 External – irritant
 Pharmaceutical Use –
o Preservative during
the aqueous
percolation of
vegetable drugs to
prevent bacterial
decomposition in
the process of
manufacture.
o Solvent for alkaloids
o Manufacture of
organic chemicals:
chlorobutanol
Carbon Physical Characteristics: 153.82 g/mol
tetrachloride Clear, colorless liquid
CCl4
Odor: Characteristic, ether-like odor

Taste: Sweetish

Specific gravity: 1.589

Boling point: 77°C

Uses:
 Antihelmentic – treatment
of hookworm infections
 Used as a pharmaceutical
necessity or solvent in the
manufacture of other
chemicals
 Veterinary use:
o Dog & Fox –
remove hookworms
and roundworms
o Horse – remove
strongyloides,
roundworms and
bot larva
o Sheep – remove
common stomach
worms and liver
flukes
o Chickens – remove
large intestinal
roundworms

Other information:
 It toxic upon inhalation,
above dose causes severe
injury to the liver, if
absorbed, care must be
exerted that the drug be
taken on an empty stomach.
Povidone Iodine Physical Characteristics: 364.95 g/mol
Yellowish-brown, amorphous
hygroscopic powder, aqueous C6H9I2NO
solution is acid to litmus

Odor: slight characteristic odor

Boiling point: 217.6 °C

Uses:
 Topical antiseptic that
essentially retains the
nonselective broad-range
microbicidal activity of
iodine.
 Antiseptic – treatment of
surface infections; degerm
the skin prior to injection
and hyperalimentation
procedures
 Disinfectant for wounds,
burns, lacerations and
abrasions
 Pre- and postoperative
scrubbing and washing of
hospital operating-room
personnel
 Preoperative skin
preparation of the patient for
surgery