Montmorillonite(Smectite)
Montmorillonite(Smectite) , which is included in the United States Pharmacopoeia,
the Britisih Pharmacopoeia and the European Pharmacopoeia, is odorless, non
irritating and has a slight clay taste. It produces no effect on nervous, respiratory and
cardiovascular systems. It has good cation exchange capacity, waterintake capacity
and capacity of absorbing E. coli, comma bacillus, C.jejuni, staphylococcus aureus,
rotavirus and bile, also it can biding bacterial toxins. For their high efficiency
of curing diarrhea, montmorillonite preparations are widely used in the treatment
of diarrhea. Besides being used as the raw material of montmorillonite preparations,
montmorillonite is also used in pharmaceutical synthesis and some preparations for
the purpose of exteded release.
Shandong Luye Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a stable supplier of Smectite API
with GMP Certificate. Our product can meet the requirement of China National Standard.
Specification
Analysis Item |
Specification |
Appearance |
White powder; after add water, the odor is like clunch and the color is deeper. |
Identification |
|
Chemical |
+ |
Chemical |
+ |
X-ray diffraction |
Should comply with specification |
Inspection |
|
pH |
4.5 กซ 9.0 |
Turgidity |
5 กซ 25ml / g |
Loss on Drying |
Not more than 10.0% |
water soluble salt |
Not more than 0.5% |
carbonate |
Should comply with specification |
Heavy metals |
Not more than 2ppm |
Ash |
Should comply with specification |
Particle size |
99% < 45um |
adsorption capacity |
1g Smectite should adsorb strychnine sulfate Silicon Dioxide (C42H44N404 กค H2S04 กค 5H20) 0.3 กซ 1g |
Total plate count |
Not more than 500 /g |
|
Yeast & Mold |
Not more than 50 /g |
E. coli |
Negative |
Assay |
|
Silic |
Not less than 50% |
Al 2 O 3 |
Not less than 10% |
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