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2 Use of Chiral Excipients in Formulations Containing Chiral Drugs Moji Christianah Adeyeye Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1. INTRODUCTION A majority of the chiral excipients employed in pharmaceutical dosage forms are from natural sources and therefore exist in the optically pure