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Calcium alginate

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Calcium alginate structure

Calcium alginate 

structure
  • CAS No:

    9005-35-0

  • Chemical Name:

    Calcium alginate

  • Synonyms:

    Alginic acid,calcium salt;Calcium alginate;Calginate;Combinace;CA 33 (alginate);CA 33;Protanal TXF 200;MF 1-2C;Algosteril;MF 1-2A;NWF 14-2A;Algistat;NWF 1-21B;Angel hair;NWF 19-2A/961119;NWF 19-2A/960909;Algistat (polysaccharide);Alginate SG 300;Flavikafine SF-W;FS-D;FS-W;Flavikafine SF-D;Manutex RM;Manutex RD;FS-W (alginate);Algel;Protaweld TX 120;Flavikafine S;Algisite M;Grinsted Alginate FD 460;Grindsted Alginate FD 460;Melgisorb;9019-42-5;9019-43-6;9060-20-2;37228-92-5

  • Categories:

    Cosmetic Ingredient  >  Viscosity Controlling

Description

Calcium alginate is an odorless or almost odorless, tasteless, white to pale yellowish-brown powder or fibers.


Nearly odourless, white to yellowish fibrous or granular powder


Salts and esters of ALGINIC ACID that are used as HYDROGELS; DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIALS, and as absorbent materials for surgical dressings (BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID). They are also used to manufacture MICROSPHERES and NANOPARTICLES for DIAGNOSTIC REAGENT KITS and DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

Calcium alginate Basic Attributes

1170.93000

1170.03000

 

DTXSID3093810

WHITE OR CREAM COLORED POWDER, OR FILAMENTS, GRAINS, OR GRANULES

B - Blood and blood forming organs

39131000

Characteristics

511.32000

-12.54370

Nearly odourless, white to yellowish fibrous or granular powder

1.5741 g/cm3

INSOL IN WATER, ACIDS, ALKALINE SOLN

Calcium alginate can be sterilized by autoclaving at 1158℃ for 30 minutes or by dry heat at 1508℃ for 1 hour. Calcium alginate should be stored in airtight containers.

SLIGHT

SLIGHT

HYDROPHILIC; COLLOID /ALGINATES/

Safety Information

NONH for all modes of transport

3

S24/25

AZ5820000

MAY BE DEGRADED IF HELD @ HIGH TEMP FOR LONG PERIOD /ALGINATES/

FDA 121.101: GRAS, STABILIZER; FDA 121.1164: SYNTHETIC FLAVOR/ADJUVANT.

Drug Information

Radiation-Protective Agents; Hemostatics; Biocompatible Materials|EXPTL USE: CALCIUM ALGINATE (1 G/RAT) ADMINISTERED ORALLY TOGETHER WITH (90)SR AT 2-6 MUCI/RAT DECREASED 4.5-5-FOLD THE ACCUMULATION OF (90)SR IN SKELETON & PROLONGED THE LIVE OF THE ANIMALS.|VARIOUS MOLECULAR WT DERIVATIVES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE HEMOSTATIC AGENTS. /ALGINIC ACID/

1(?). 1= PRACTICALLY NONTOXIC: PROBABLE ORAL LETHAL DOSE (HUMAN) IS ABOVE 15 G/KG, MORE THAN 1 QUART (2.2 LB) FOR 70 KG PERSON (150 LB). /ALGINIC ACID/

WHEN PROPYLENEGLYCOL (14)C ALGINATE OR (14)C PROPYLENE ALGINATE...DOSED TO MICE, UNHYDROLYZED ESTER & ALGINATE RESIDUE...UNABSORBED FROM GI TRACT; BUT ANY HYDROLYZED PROPYLENE GLYCOL...ABSORBED...METABOLIZED & ELIMINATED... SINGLE DOSE OF 1 G/KG...EXCRETED IN FECES IN 5 DAYS... /PROPYLENEGLYCOL ALGINATE/|...AFTER A /SINGLE/ DOSE OF 5 G/KG PROPYLENE GLYCOL (14)C-ALGINATE, TRACES OF LABEL WERE STILL PRESENT IN RECTUM /AFTER 5 DAYS/. /PROPYLENEGLYCOL ALGINATE/|ALGINATE PREPARED FROM LAMINARIA DIGITATA WAS UNABSORBED BY RATS FED AT A LEVEL OF 10% OF THEIR DAILY DIET. /ALGINATES/

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Calcium alginate Use and Manufacturing

Methods of Manufacturing

HARVESTING OF VARIOUS SPECIES OF BROWN ALGAE (PHAEOPHYCEAE) FOLLOWED BY PROCESSING TO FORM ALGINIC ACID, WHICH IS REACTED WITH CALCIUM HYDROXIDE OR CALCIUM OXIDE|ALL PRESENT METHODS BASED ON ORIGINAL PROCESS.../MACERATE/ LAMINARIA FOR 24 HR WITH 10% SODIUM CARBONATE...TO A SEMIGELATINOUS MASS; THEN FILTERING, & TREATING WITH SULFURIC OR HYDROCHLORIC ACID TO PRECIPITATE THE ALGINIC ACID. /ALGIN/|TSENG, CHEM MET ENG 52, 97 (1945); MANTELL, THE WATER SOLUBLE GUMS (NEW YORK, 1947); GREEN, US PATENT 2,036,934 (1936 TO KELCO CO); GLOAHEC, HERTER, US PATENT 2,128,551 (1938 TO ALGIN CORP OF AMERICA). /ALGIN/

Uses

Calcium alginate is a water-insoluble, gelatinous, cream-coloured substance that can be created through the addition of aqueous calcium chloride to aqueous sodium alginate. Calcium alginate is also used for entrapment of enzymes and forming artificial seeds in plant tissue culture."Alginate" is the term usually used for the salts of alginic acid, but it can also refer to all the derivatives of alginic acid and alginic acid itself; in some publications the term "algin" is used instead of alginate. Alginate is present in the cell walls of brown algae as the calcium, magnesium and sodium salts of alginic acid.

Production

(1972) 5.45-6.36X10+9 G (USE - ALL ALGINATES)|(1975) No Data

Alginic acid, calcium salt: ACTIVE|XU - indicates a substance exempt from reporting under the Chemical Data Reporting Rule, (40 CFR 711).|DISADVANTAGES, WHICH HAVE LIMITED USE OF CALCIUM ALGINATE GELS IN DRY MIX FORMULATIONS, ARE DUE TO FACT THEY ARE CHEMICALLY SET GELS, & DO NOT MELT DOWN IN THE MOUTH TO GIVE SMOOTH FEEL AS DOES GELATIN. ...SET RATE & FINAL TEXTURE OF GELS ARE DEPENDENT ON TOTAL CALCIUM ION CONCN...|ISOLATION FROM FRONDS OF LAMINARIA DIGITATA (L) EDMONSON, LAMINARIACEAE: STANFORD J CHEM SOC 44, 943 (1883); BIRD, HAAS, BIOCHEM J 25, 403 (1931); FROM MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA (L) C AG, LESSONIACEAE: NELSON, CRETCHER, J AM CHEM SOC 51, 1914 (1929). /ALGINIC ACID/|...PATENT CLAIMED EDIBLE ALGINATE GEL PREPN FROM DRY MIX CONTAINING CALCIUM ALGINATE & WATER SOL ORTHOPHOSPHATE...CONVERTED MOST OF CALCIUM INTO TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE & SOLUBILIZED THE RESULTING SODIUM ALGINATE.|ALGINATES HAVE BEEN USED IN ICE POPS TO IMPART SMOOTHNESS OF TEXTURE BY INSURING THAT FRUIT FLAVORINGS ARE UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE ICE CRYSTALS DURING FREEZING, STABILIZING THE STRUCTURE BY RETAINING FLAVOR & COLOR & PREVENTING DRIP. /ALGINATES/|For more General Manufacturing Information (Complete) data for CALCIUM ALGINATE (10 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

TEST FOR ALGINATES IN CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS. /ALGINATES/|ALGINATES IN MAYONNAISE, SALAD DRESSING, & FRENCH DRESSING: TEST FOR PRESENCE. /ALGINATES/

Food additives|Food Additives -> EMULSIFIER; GELLING_AGENT; STABILIZER; THICKENER; -> JECFA Functional Classes|Cosmetics -> Viscosity controlling

Food Additives -> EMULSIFIER; GELLING_AGENT; STABILIZER; THICKENER;

Computed Properties

Molecular Weight:584.4
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:9
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:19
Rotatable Bond Count:5
Exact Mass:584.0537694
Monoisotopic Mass:584.0537694
Topological Polar Surface Area:326
Heavy Atom Count:38
Complexity:842
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count:15
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count:2
Compound Is Canonicalized:Yes

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