
Active pharmaceutical ingredients are specific parts of drugs that produce the effects and are responsible for the actual action of a drug. Some drugs have multiple active ingredients to treat different symptoms. Traditionally, lipids are used as excipients for the production of drugs and cosmetic products, but some potential lipids are used as active pharmaceutical ingredients. Lipids have a broad spectrum of activity and also, have low toxicity, which marks them as promising active pharmaceutical ingredients. However, currently, only a few products available in the market have lipids as the active pharmaceutical ingredients. Extensive research is underway to develop drugs that have lipids as active pharmaceutical ingredients. The main focus of these research activities is to produce the more efficient drugs to treat cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases.