Products

MARINE COLLOIDS
Carrageenan USP/NF, EP

Carrageenan is a family of naturally occurring, high molecular weight polysaccharides extracted from red seaweed which yield kappa, iota and lambda types. They differ in properties mainly due to the number and position of ester sulfate groups on the galactose units. While kappa forms a brittle gel, iota forms an elastic gel and lambda does not form a gel. All carrageenans display protein and polyol reactivity.

Based on their properties, they are used as stabilizers, thickeners, suspending agents, gelling agents and flow regulators in pharmaceutical dosage forms.

Grade

Description

Applications

Type

Gel Type, Strength

Gelcarin PH-379

lota

Elastic, medium

Creams and suspensions. Promotes freeze / thaw stability

Gelcarin PH-812

Kappa

Brittle, strong

Gives stronger gels than PH-911 with higher syneresis

Gelcarin PH-911

Brittle, firm

Encapsulation / film forming applications. Used in chewables and soft chews

Viscarin PH-109

Lambda

Non-gelling

Creams and lotions. Also used for controlled-release formulations

Viscarin PH-209

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