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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Pharm. 2008 Aug 19;5(5):808–817. doi: 10.1021/mp800027f

Table 4.

Effect of excipients on fluorescent properties and antigenicity after exposure to heat (45 °C and 22 days)

Excipients Fluorescent properties Antigenicity (%)
λmax I350/I329
TT standard 329 0.75 100
None 339 0.99 28 ± 1
Histidine 329 0.76 96 ± 22
Lysine 329 0.78 82 ± 12
Trehalose 331 0.82 44 ± 10
Sorbitol 330 0.78 83 ± 6
Monomers (pH 2.9) 335 0.88 23 ± 1
MgCO3/monomers pH 5.7 329 0.78 88 ± 5
MgCO3/monomers pH 8 331 0.82 56 ± 6