Properties of Chitosan Lactate

• Odorless
• water soluble

Applications of Chitosan Lactate

• cosmetic applications
• wound treatment on mucosal surfaces

We offer the following standard specification of Chitosan 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The following table gives you an overview of our different chitosan lactate specifications:

Chitosan Lactate	Chitoscience®	Chitoceuticals®	Chitoceuticals® GMP compliant
Article number	43003	44003	45003
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 [%]	≥ 90	≥ 90	≥ 90
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]
Pb	≤ 40	≤ 40	≤ 20
Hg	≤ 0.2	≤ 0.2	≤ 0.2
Cd		≤ 0.5	≤ 0.5
As		≤ 0.5	≤ 0.5
Molecular weight appr. [kDa]		approx. 30-500	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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