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Ingredients:

Active ingredients:
 
Ibuprofen-200 mg/tablet
-Chemical formula: C13H18O2 (13 Carbon atoms, 18 Hydrogen atoms, 2 Oxygen atoms)
-Organic compound
 
Inactive ingredients:
 
acetylated monoglycerides-Amount unknown
-Chemical formula:Unknown
-Monoglycerides are a organic compound
 
colloidal silicon dioxide-Amount unknown
-Chemical formula: SiO2 (1 Silicon atom, 2 Oxygen atoms)
-Ionic compound
 
corn starch-Amount unknown
-Chemical formula-Not specified
-Organic compound
 
croscarmellose sodium-Amount unknown
-Chemical formula: unknown
-Ionic compound
 
methylparaben-amount unknown
-chemical formula: C8H8O3 (3 carbon atoms, 8 hydrogen atoms, 3 oxygen atoms)
-Organic compound
 
microcrystalline cellulose-amount unknown
-Chemical formula: "A naturally occurring polymer, it is comprised of glucose units connected by a 1-4 beta glycosidic bond"    ( http://www.nbent.com/details.htm)
-Organic compound
 
povidone-amount unknown
-Chemical formula: C6H9NO (6 carbon atoms, 9 hydrogen atoms, 1 nitrogen atom, 1 Oxygen atom)
-Organic compound
 
propylparaben-amount unknown
-Chemical formula: C10H12O3 (10 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms, 3 oxygen atoms)
-Organic compound
 
sodium benzoate-amount unknown
-Chemical formula: NaC6H5CO2 (1 sodium atom, 6 carbon atoms, 5 hydrogen atoms, 1 carbon dioxide bond)
-ionic compound
 
sodium lauryl sulfate-amount unknown
-Chemical formula: NaC12H25SO4 (1 sodium atom, 12 carbon atoms, 25 hydrogen atoms, 1 sulfur atom, and 4 oxygen atoms)
-ionic compound
 
stearic acid-amount unknown
-Chemical formula: C18H36O2(18 carbon atoms, 36 hydrogen atoms, 2 oxygen atoms)
-Organic compound
 
titanium dioxide-amount unknown
-Chemical formula: TiO2 (1 titanium atom, 2 oxygen atoms)
-ionic
 
 
 

Information gathered from wikipedia.com and http://www.advil.com/products/advil/tablet_label.asp

By: Dan McAdam for Chemistry.