Product Information |
Product name |
Inositol / Myo-inositol / D-Myo-inositol / Vitamin B8 |
CAS No. |
87-89-8 |
Molecular Formula |
C6H12O6 |
Molecular Weight |
180.16 |
Quality Standard |
99.5% up by HPLC |
Appearance |
White or almost white crystalline powder |
COA of Inositol |
ANALYSIS |
SPECIFICATION |
RESULTS |
Appearance |
White or almost white crystalline Powder |
Conforms |
Solubility |
Freely soluble in water, practically insoluble in ethanol(96%) |
Conforms |
Identification(A,B) |
Positive reaction |
Conforms |
Appearance of solution (10g/100ml H2O) |
Clear and colorless |
Conforms |
Conductivity( μS/cm) |
≤ 30 |
9.9 |
Water(%) |
≤ 0.5% |
0.02 |
Assay(anhydrous substance, %) |
97.0-102.0 |
99.7 |
Related substances |
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Impurities A,B |
≤ 0.3% |
Conforms |
Unspecified impurities |
≤ 0.10% |
Conforms |
Total impurities |
≤ 1.0% |
Conforms |
Microbiology |
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Aerobic Plate Count |
≤ 1000 CFU/g |
< 10 CFU/g |
Yeast & Mold |
≤ 100 CFU/g |
< 10 CFU/g |
E.Coli |
≤ 3.0MPN/g |
< 3.0MPN/g |
Salmonella |
Negative/25g |
Negative |
Usage |
1. Medical Industry: Inositol to confect multi- vitamin pills and various nutritional amino acid- vitamin infusion products.In addition, it can also be used in the treatment of cirrhosis, hepatitis, fatty liver, arteriosclerosis, high cholesterol in the blood, high diabetes, carbon tetrachloride poisoning, etc.
2. Food Industry: Inositol can be taken directly or used as nutrient drinks or nutrient agents of food for children. It may stimulate the metabolism of the human body.
3. Feed Industry: Inositol is used for the culture of various strains and promotion yeast growth. As a feed additive, not only increase growth rate but also avoid the most common inositol deficiency of shrimp and fish.
4. Fermentation Industry: Inositol is used for culture of various strains and promotion yeast growth, prevention of skin-aging and hair loss.
5. Health Products Industry: Inositol is used for hepatoprotective, lipid-lowering, weight losing, trichomonosis reducing, etc.