Chitopharm CM
Your expert for: Innovations and new developments with specific needs
ChitopharmTM CM is a chitosan exclusively tailored for you but with the same high quality standards as our standard products. You merely choose the necessary specifications from our wide technical range -nothing could be easier.
Product information
Standard Qualitycriteria*
| Specification | Method | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| IDENTIFICATION A | USP/NF 197K | PASS |
| IDENTIFICATION B | USP/NF | PASS |
| COLOR | Intern | off white to light yellow |
| AVERAGE MOLECULARWEIGHT | USP monograph | 20 – 3 000 kDa |
| DEGREE OF DEACETYLATION | USP monograph | > 70 % |
| SULFATED ASH | USP/NF 281 | 1 % |
| LOSS ON DRYING; 105̊ C | USP/NF 731 | 5 % |
| PROTEIN CONTENT | USP monograph modified | 0,20 % |
| ENDOTOXIN CONTENT | USP/NF 85 | 300 iU/g |
| MICROBIOLOGICAL STATUS | USP/NF 61 | PASS |
| total aerobic microbial | USP/NF 61 | 1000 cfu/g |
| total combined molds and yeast | USP/NF 61 | 100 cfu/g |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | USP/NF 61 | < 1 cfu/g |
| Staphylococcus aureus | USP/NF 61 | < 1 cfu/g |
| HEAVY METALS | USP/NF 231 III | < 10 ppm |
| LEAD | USP/NF 730 | 0,5 ppm |
| MERCURY | USP/NF 730 | 0,2 ppm |
| CHROMIUM | USP/NF 730 | 1,0 ppm |
| NICKEL | USP/NF 730 | 1,0 ppm |
| CADMIUM | USP/NF 730 | 0,2 ppm |
| ARSENIC | USP/NF 730 | 0,5 ppm |
| IRON | USP/NF 730 | 10 ppm |
*variable upon customers’ request