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Acarbose Tablets, USP are an oral alpha-glucosidase inhibitor for use in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Acarbose is an oligosaccharide which is obtained from fermentation processes of a microorganism, Actinoplanes utahensis , and is chemically known as O-4,6-dideoxy- 4-[[(1S,4R,5S,6S)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-yl] amino]- α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-O-α -D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-D-glucose. It is a white to off-white powder with a molecular weight of 645.6. Acarbose is soluble in water and has a pKa of 5.1. Its empirical formula is C 25 H 43 NO 18 and its chemical structure is as follows: Acarbose Tablets, USP are available as 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg tablets for oral use. The inactive ingredients are starch (corn starch), microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, and colloidal silicon dioxide. image description