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
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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