| Excipient | Use | Vaccine |
| Aluminum Hydroxide | Adjuvant | Anthrax (BioThrax), DTaP (Certiva, Infanrix, Acel-Imune), DT (Massachusetts), Td (Massachusetts), Hib (PedvaxHib), Hib-Hepatitis B (Comvax), Hepatitis A (Havrix, Vaqta), Hepatitis B (Engerix-B, Recombivax- HB), Lyme disease (LymeRix), Human Papillomavirus (Gardasil) |
| Aluminum Phosphate | Adjuvant | DTaP (Acel-Immune), DtwP (Massachusetts, BioPort), DT (Wyeth-Lederle), Td (Massachusetts, Wyeth-Lederle), Pneumococcal (Prevnar), Rabies (BioRab), Human papillomavirus (Gardasil) |
| Aluminum Potassium Sulfate | Adjuvant | DtaP (Tripedia), DTwP (Aventis Pasteur), DT (Aventis Pasteur,), Td (Aventis Pasteur) |
| Amino Acids | Growth medium | Hepatitis A (Havrix), Typhoid oral (Vivotif) |
| Ammonium Sulfate | Protein fractionation | Hib (Act-HIB) |
| Amphotericin B | Anti-bacterial | Rabies |
| Ascorbic Acid | Antioxidant | Typhoid oral (Vivotif) |
| Bacto-peptone | Growth medium | Influenza (varies seasonally) |
| Beta-propiolactone | Viral inactivator | Influenza (Fluvirin), Rabies (Imovax, RabAvert) |
| Benzethonium Chloride | Preservative | Anthrax (BioThrax) |
| Bovine (of cow) albumin or serum | Growth medium, protein stabilizer | Hepatitis A (Havrix, Vaqta), Poliovirus attenuated (Orimune), Rabies (Imovax, RabAvert), Vaccinia (DryVax), Varicella (Varivax) |
| Brilliant Green | Dye | Vaccinia (DryVax) |
| Chlortetracycline | Anti-bacterial | Rabies (RabAvert), Vaccinia (DryVax) |
| DNA | Manufacturing residue | Hepatitis A (Vaqta) |
| Ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid sodium (EDTA) | Preservative | Rabies (RabAvert), Varicella (Varivax) |
| Egg Protein | Growth medium | Influenza (all brands), Yellow fever (YF-Vax) |
| Fetuin (a bovine serum protein) | Affinity ligand for chromatography | DTaP (Certiva) |
| Formaldehyde, formalin | Anti-microbial, preservative | Anthrax (BioThrax), DTaP (all brands), DTwP (all brands), DtwP-Hib (Tetramune), Dt (all brands), Td (all brands), Hepatits A (Havrix, Vaqta), Hib (ActHIB), Influenza (Fluogen, FluShield, Fluzone), Japanese encephalitis (JE-Vax), Poliovirus inactivated (Ipol) |
| Gelatin | Stabilizer in freeze-drying, solvent | DtaP (Acel-Imune, Tripedia), Influenza (Fluzone), Japanese encephalitis (JE-Vax), Measles (Attenuvax), Mumps (Mumpsvax), Rubella (Meruvax II), MMR (MMR-II), Rabies (RabAvert), Typhoid oral (Vivotif), Varicella (Varivax), Yellow fever (YF-Vax) |
| Gentamicin | Anti-bacterial | Influenza (FluShield) |
| Glycerin | Solvent | Vaccinia (DryVax) |
| Glycine | Protein stabilizer | DTaP (Acel-Imune), DtwP-Hib (Tetramune), DT (most brands), Td (most brands) |
| Human serum albumin | Growth medium | Rabies (Imovax) |
| Hydrochloric Acid | Adjust pH | DTaP (most brands), DT (most brands) |
| Hydrogen Peroxide | Toxin detoxifier | DTaP (Certiva) |
| Kanamycin | Anti-bacterial | Lyme disease (LymeRix) |
| Lactose | Stabilizer in freeze-drying, filling | BCG (Tice), Hib (some packages), Meningococcal (Menomune), Typhoid oral (Vivotif) |
| Magnesium stearate | Lubricant for capsule filling | Typoid oral (Vivotif) |
| Monosodium glutamate (MSG) | Stabilizer | Varicella (Varivax) |
| Mouse Serum Protein | Growth medium | Japanese encephalitis (JE-Vax) |
| MRC-5 cellular protein (live aborted fetal tissue) | Growth medium | Hapetatis A (Havrix, Vaqta), Rabies (Imovax, RabAvert), Varicella (Varivax, Zostavax) |
| Neomycin | Anti-bacterial | Influenza (Fluvirin), Measles (Attenuvax), Mumps (Mumpsvax), Rubella (Meruvax II), MMR (MMR-II), Poliovirus attenuated (Oimune), Poliovirus inactivated (Ipol), Rabies (Imovax RabAvert), Vaccinia (DyVax), Varicella (Varivax) |
| Ovalbumin | Growth medium | Rabies (RabAvert) |
| Phenol | Preservative, anti-bacterial | Pneumococcal (Pneumovax-23), Typhoid inactivated (Typhim Vi), Vaccinia (DryVax) |
| Phenol red (phenolsulfonphthalein) | pH indicator, dye | Poliovirus attenuated (Orimune), Rabies (Imovax) |
| 2-Phenoxyethanol | Preservative | DTaP (Infanrix), Hepatitis A (Havrix), Lyme disease (LymeRix), Poliovirus inactivated (Ipol) |
| Phosphate buffers (eg, disodium, monosodium, potassium, sodium dihydrogen phosphate) | Adjust pH | DtaP (all brands), DT (most brands), Hib (Act-Hib, Hepatitis A (Havrix), Hepatitis B (Engerix-B), Lyme disease (LymeRix), Poliovirus inactivated (Ipol), Rabies (BioRab), Typhoid inactivated (Typhim Vi), Varicella (Varivax) |
| Polydimethylsilozone | Anti-foaming agent | Tyhpoid inactivated (Tyhim Vi) |
| Polyethylen glycol p-isooctylphynyl ether (Triton X-100) | Nomionic surfactant (viral inactivation) | Influenza (Fluzone) |
| Polymyxin B | Anti-bacterial | influenza (Fluvirin), Poliovirus inactivated (Ipol), Vaccinia (DryVax) |
| Polyoxyethylene 9-10 nonyl phenol (Triton N-101, OCTOXYNOL 9) | Nonionic surfactant (viral inactivation) | Influenza (Fluvirin) |
| Polysorbate 20 | Surfactant | Hepatitis A (Havrix) |
| Polysorbate 80 | Surfactant | DTaP (Acel-Imune, Infanrix, Tripedia), Influenza (Fluogen), Human Papillomavirus (Gardasil) |
| Potassium Glutamate | Stabilizer | Rabies (RabAvert) |
| Silicon | Anti-foaming agent | Lume disease (LymeRix) |
| Sodium Acetate | Adjust pH | DT (some brands), Td (some brands) |
| Sodium Borate | Adjust pH | Hepatitis A (Vaqta), Hib-Hepatitis B (Comvax), Human papillomavirus (Gardasil) |
| Sodium Chloride | Adjust tonicity | Most vaccines, including Anthrax, BCG, Cholera, DTaP, DTwP, DtwP-Hib, DT, Td, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hib, Influenza, Lyme disease, Pneumococcal, Polio inactivated, Rabies, Typhoid inactivated, Varicella, Yellow fever, Human papillomavirus (Gardasil) |
| Sodium hydroxide | Adjust pH | DT (most brands), Td (most brands) |
| Sorbitol | Stabilizer, solvent | Measles (Attenuvax), Mumps (Mumpsvax), Rubella (Meruvax II), MMR (MMR-II), Polio attenuated, Yellow fever (YF-Vax) |
| Streptomycin | Anti-bacterial | Influenza (Fluogen), Poliovirus attenuated (Orimune), Poliovirus inactivated (Ipol), Vaccinia (DryVax [dihydrostreptomycine]) |
| Sucrose | Stabilizer in freeze-drying | Hib (Act-HIB), Typhoid oral (Vivotif), Varicella (Varivax) |
| Thimerosal | Preservative in some multidose containers (see package labeling for precise content) | DTaP (some containers), DTwP (most containers), DT (most brands), Td (most brands), Hepatitis B (some packages), Hib (some packages), Influenza (all brands), Japanese encephalitis (JE-Vax), Meningococcal (Menomune), Pneumococcal (Pnu-Imune 23), Rabies (BioRab) |
| Tri(n)butylphosphate | Viral inactivator | Influenza (FluShield) |
| Vitamins Unspecified | Growth medium | Rabies (Imovax) |
| Yeast Protein | Growth medium | Hepatitis B (Engerix-B, Recombivax-HB), Hib (HibTiter), Hib-Hepatitis B (Comvax) |
|
Vaccine_Production Media (On which bacteria and viruses are replicated) |
| Vaccine Culture Media | Vaccine(s) |
| Bovine (of cow) protein | Pneumococcal (Pneumovax-23, Pnu-Imune 23), Poliovirus attenuated (Orimune), Typhoid oral (Vivotif) |
| Calf skin | Vaccinia (DryVax) |
| Chick embryo fibroblast tissue culture | Measles (Attenuvax), Mumps (Mumpsvax), combination vaccines containing them, Rabies (RabAvert) |
| Chicken embryo (fertizlied egg) | influenza (all brands), Yellow fever (YF-Vax) |
| Cohen-Wheeler, modified (pertussis components) | DTaP (alternate is Stainer-Scholte media), DtwP (most brands, alternate is Bordet-Gengou media) |
| Escherichia coli (E Coli) | Lyme disease (LymeRix) |
| Human diploid tissue culture, MRC-5 | Hepattis A (Havrix, Vaqta), Poliovirus inactivated (Poliovax), Rabies (Imovax), Varicella (Varivax) |
| Human diploid tissue culture, WI-38 | Rubella (Meruvax II), combination vaccines containing it, Varicella (Varivax) |
| Lathman | DtaP (Infanrix, tetanus component) |
| Linggoud-Fenton | DTaP (Infanrix, diphtheria component) |
| Monkey kidney tissue culture, Cercopithecus | Poliovirus attenuated (Orimune) |
| Monkey kidney tissue culture, Vero (Vervet or African green monkeys) | Poliovirus inactivated (Ipol) |
| Mouse brain | Japanese encephalitis (JE-Vax) |
| Mueller-Miller media | Diphtheria and tetanus vaccines (most brands) |
| Rhesus fetal lung tissue culture | Rabies (BioRab) |
| Stainer-Scholte | DTaP (Infanrix, pertussis component) |
| Soy peptone broth | Pneumococcal (Prevnar) |
| Synthetic/semi-synthetic | Anthrax (BioThrax), BCG (Tice), DT (all brands), Td (all brands), Hib (all brands), Meningococcal (Menomune), Penumococcal (Pneumovax-23, Pnu-Imune 23), Typhoid inactivated (Typhim Vi) |
| Yeast or yeast extract | Hepatits B (Engerix-B, Recombivax-HB), Hib (HiTiter), Hib-Hepatitis B (Comvax), Lyme disease (LymeRix) |
Ingredients and growth medium list can be found at CDC's vaccine Page. Look under excipients.