Talk:Poly vinyl pyrrolidone

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In accordance with Wikipedia:WikiProject_Drugs naming policy, I propose we move this page to the INN povidone. If you have any concern with this proposal, please discuss it on this page. Matt 18:09, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Disagree: If this were an article about a drug then that would be sensible, but this is an article about a chemical that is widely used for many things; in the chemical industry and in chemistry (in which I work) it is known as poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) or quasi-systematic variations of that and not as povidone. I believe this is also the case in the food industry. As such, it this article should stay with the current name.

Me too (disagree)In chemistry, We call it PVP or polyvinyl pyrrolidone Mark —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saleemsan (talk • contribs) 21:28, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

--Also agree. It's used in so many fields besides drug manufacturing it really should have it's own page.

Are you sure Crospovidone is water soluble as stated in the page?

--Crospovidone (or PVPP) is not Soluble in water but that's exactly what the page says under the crosslinked section. Non cross linked, it is soluble in water as stated in the properties at the top of the page.

Does anybody has a source more significant than the cited vegan web page stating that PVPP is a dairy derivative? I can't find any other source that says the same. It might be that some PVPP formulations for enological use also contain dairy products. --Antifumo (talk) 01:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)