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Chitosan Lactate

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

Do you need a specific derivative? Or are you looking for customer specification? Address us your request - we also offer custom manufacturing.

Congress and fairs

Meet us in person 2024:

  • 14th PBP World Meeting/ Research Pharm, Vienna, Austria, 18.-21.03.2024
  • EPNOE Workshop on Analytics of Polysaccharides, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, 25.-26.06.2024
  • CPHI, Milan, Italy, 08.-10.10.2024
  • MEDICA 2024, Düsseldorf, Germany, 11.-14.11.2024

To arrange an appointment please contact Katja Richter via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Contact

  • Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH
    Heinrich-Damerow-Strasse 1
    06120 Halle (Saale)
    Germany
  • Tel.: +49 (0) 345 27 996 300
    Fax: +49 (0) 345 27 996 378
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