Chitosan acetate
Properties of chitosan acetate:
- watersoluble
Applications of chitosan acetate:
- Wound dressings - improved wound healing of burns
We offer the following standard specification of chitosan acetate in our three product lines Chitoscience® Chitoceuticals® and Chitoceuticals® GMP compliant. The minimum order quantity is 20 g, which you can easily order in our shop. If you need a detailed offer please contact our
The following table gives you an overview of our different chitosan acetate specifications:
| Chitosan Acetate | Chitoscience® |
Chitoceuticals® | Chitoceuticals® GMP compliant |
| Article number | 43004 | 44004 | 45004 |
| Appearance of solid product | white to light yellow | white to light yellow | white to light yellow |
| Appearance of solution | clear, colorless to slightly yellowish |
clear, colorless to slightly yellowish |
clear, colorless to slightly yellowish |
| Dry matter content [%] | ≥ 85 | ≥ 85 | ≥ 85 |
| Degree of Deacetylation [%] | 80-95 | 80-95 | 80-95 |
| Viscosity [mPa-s] | ≥ 5 | ≥ 5 | ≥ 5 |
| pH | 3-7 | 3-7 | 3-7 |
| Ash content [%] | ≤ 1 | ≤ 1 | ≤ 1 |
| Insolubles [%] | ≤ 2 | ≤ 2 | |
| Heavy Metals [ppm] | |||
| Hg | ≤ 0.2 | ≤ 0.2 | ≤ 0.2 |
| Cd | ≤ 0.5 | ≤ 0.5 | ≤ 0.5 |
| Pb | ≤ 40 | ≤ 20 | |
| As | ≤ 0.5 | ≤ 0.5 | |
| Molecular weight appr. [kDa] | approx. 30-200 | to be measured | |
| Protein content [%] | ≤ 0.5 | ≤ 0.5 | |
| Microbiological tests | |||
| Total bacterial count [cfu/g] | ≤ 1000 | ≤ 1000 | |
| Yeast and Mould [cfu/g] | ≤ 100 | ≤ 100 | |
| E. coli | absent | ||
| P. aeruginosa | absent | ||
| St. aureus | absent | ||
| Salmonella | absent | ||
| Endotoxins [EU/g] | ≤ 100 | ||
| Identity | IR spectra |
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