(Pharmaceutical Excipient)
by Muby Chem
Muby Chem operates a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that produces Dextrose, renowned for its exceptional purity and efficacy. This compound is particularly valuable in the pharmaceutical industry.
Our advanced technology ensures the production of Dextrose with exceptional purity and quality, making it an ideal choice for use in the pharma industry.
Applications: MOLSUGAR™ DEX is commonly used as a source of energy and for its sweetening, bulking, and tonicity-adjusting properties. It is widely incorporated into intravenous solutions, oral preparations, tablets, powders, and other pharmaceutical formulations to provide readily available energy, improve palatability, and help maintain or adjust the osmotic balance of formulations.
| # | PROPERTY | TYPICAL VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molecular Formula | C6H12O6 |
| 2 | Molecular Weight | 180.2 g/mol |
| # | TEST | SPECIFICATION - IP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Description | It occurs a white, crystalline powder. |
| 2 | Identification Test (A) Test (B) |
(A) When heated, it melts, swells up and bums, and an odour of burnt sugar is perceptible. (B) Dissolve 0.1 g in 10 ml of water, add 3 ml of potassium cupri-tartrate solution', the solution is blue and clear. Heat to boiling; a copious red precipitate is formed. |
| 3 | Appearance of solution | The solution is clear, not more intensely coloured than reference solution BYS7. |
| 4 | Acidity or alkalinity | The solution is colourless and not more than 0.15 ml of 0.1 M sodium hydroxide is required to change the colour of the solution to pink. |
| 5 | Specific optical rotation | + 52.5° to+53.3°. |
| 6 | Arsenic | Not more than 1 ppm. |
| 7 | Chlorides | Not more than 125 ppm. |
| 8 | Sulphite | Specified test. |
| 9 | Barium | Any opalescence in the solution is not more intense than that in a mixture of 10 ml of solution A and 1 ml of water. |
| 10 | Foreign sugars, soluble starch and dextrins | The appearance of the solution does not change on cooling. |
| 11 | Sulphated ash | Not more than 0.1%. |
| 12 | Water | Not more than 1.0%. |
MOLSUGAR™ DEX is packed in HDPE bag or HDPE drum with double PE liners inside and is provided with a barcoded label and a tamper-evident seal.
The shelf life is 3 years. Preserve in well-closed containers.