Stability of aspirin in liquid and semisolid bases V: polyglycerol esters.

The stability of aspirin in decaglycerol tetraoleate, decaglycerol octaoleate, and decaglycerol decaoleate was studied at 4, 26, and 45 degrees. Degradation of aspirin in these polyglycerol esters was temperature dependent. Aspirin demonstrated the greatest stability in decaglycerol octaoleate and the lowest stability in decaglycerol tetraoleate at all temperatures studied. The hydroxyl value and the viscosity of the polyglycerol ester appeared to influence the stability of aspirin.