“…15) However, maltose, trehalose and mannitol had no stabilizing effect under high humidity conditions, whereas dextran suppressed the degradation, i.e., the appearances of 11-deoxy-Δ 10 after stored at 25°C, 75% relative humidity (R.H.) for two weeks were 3.4, 3.7, 5.5, 17.7 and 1.2% for Limaprost alfadex alone and its composites with maltose, trehalose, mannitol and dextran, respectively. Trehalose did not improve the chemical stability of Limaprost, probably because trehalose is reported to stabilize mainly thermal degradations, [16][17][18][19][20][21] but not water-catalyzed degradations, and its stabilizing ability decreases under higher humidity conditions, as demonstrated in the insulin/ trehalose system. 22) On the other hand, dextran improved the stability of Limaprost alfadex, [23][24][25][26][27] which is utilized for the new formulation of Opalmon ® tablets since 2006.…”