DOCUSATE SODIUM 85% POWDER (GRANULAR)

Sr. No Tests Limits

1 Description White or almost white, crystalline powder with a characteristic odor, hygroscopic.

2 Identification By IR The IR absorption spectrum of the film exhibits maxima only at the same wavelengths as that of a similar preparation of reference standard

3 Water Not more than 2.0 %

4 Organic Impurities Limit of Bis (2-Ethylhexyl) Maleate Not more than 0.4%

5 Arsenic Not more than 3 ppm

6 Heavy Metals Not more than 10 ppm

7 Residue on Ignition Between 19 to 23 %

8 Assay as DSS Not less than 83 % Calculated on the anhydrous basis