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Isomalt

United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

6-O-α-D-Glucopyranosyl-D-glucitol mixed with 1-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H24O11
CAS Number:
64519-82-0
Molecular Weight:
344.31
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

isomalt

manufacturer/tradename

USP

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

InChI

1S/C12H24O11/c13-1-4(15)7(17)8(18)5(16)3-22-12-11(21)10(20)9(19)6(2-14)23-12/h4-21H,1-3H2/t4?,5-,6-,7-,8-,9-,10+,11-,12+/m1/s1

InChI key

SERLAGPUMNYUCK-BLEZHGCXSA-N

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General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Application

Isomalt USP reference standard, intended for use in specified quality tests and assays as specified in the USP compendia.

Analysis Note

These products are for test and assay use only. They are not meant for administration to humans or animals and cannot be used to diagnose, treat, or cure diseases of any kind.  ​

Other Notes

Sales restrictions may apply.

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Oliver Luhn et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 101(8), 2675-2680 (2012-05-11)
There is a growing interest towards the application of inert cores as starting materials for pharmaceutical pellet manufacturing. They serve as alternatives to develop and adapt a relatively simple manufacturing technology compared with an extrusion/spheronisation process. The major objective of
Jitka Muzíková et al.
Ceska a Slovenska farmacie : casopis Ceske farmaceuticke spolecnosti a Slovenske farmaceuticke spolecnosti, 60(1), 11-16 (2011-06-09)
The paper compares the compressibility of two directly compressible isomalts, galenIQ 720 and galenIQ721, using the energy evaluation of the compaction process by means of the force--displacement profiles. It evaluates the energies for friction, energies accumulated by the tablet, energy
Gerad K Bolhuis et al.
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 72(3), 621-625 (2009-03-31)
Although other polyols have been described extensively as filler-binders in direct compaction of tablets, the polyol isomalt is rather unknown as pharmaceutical excipient, in spite of its description in all the main pharmacopoeias. In this paper the compaction properties of
F Ndindayino et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 235(1-2), 149-157 (2002-03-07)
Isomalt, a sugar alcohol, was melt-extruded prior to compression in order to improve its tabletting properties. After fusion, crystalline isomalt was transformed into an amorphous form as shown by X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The tabletting properties of
A D'Alessandro et al.
La Clinica terapeutica, 150(1), 29-32 (1999-06-15)
This study investigates the bowel function in outdoor runners drinking sweetened solutions both by determination of H2 in exhaled air and asking about intestinal discomfort. Twenty-two athletes with a mean age of 22 +/- 3 yrs, received 100 ml of
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