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| Other names | Aluminium acetotartrate |
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| Routes of administration | Topical |
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| Formula | C6H7AlO8 |
| Molar mass | 234.096 g·mol−1 |
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Aluminium acetotartrate (or ALSOL) is an organic acid, astringent, and disinfectant. It is the aluminium salt of acetic acid and tartaric acid. [1] [2]
Aluminium acetotartrate occurs as colorless or yellowish crystals, freely but exceedingly slowly soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol and ether. [1]
Aluminium acetotartrate is employed in 0.5–2% solutions as a nasal douche in affections of the respiratory tract, in 1–3% solutions as a substitute for solution of aluminium acetate, in concentrated solution as a lotion in frostbite and balanitis, and as a snuff with boric acid in atrophic rhinitis. [1] It is also used as an antiseptic vulnerary ointment cream. [1]
