DEXTROSE ANHYDROUS IP

Introduction

• It is produced by redissolving dextrose monohydrate, refining. evaporation and recrystallization by seed crystals at elevated temperature.
• It is a high purity product with moisture below 1 percent, It has no water molecule in its chemical structure and is a monosacchartde. a simpler sugar than the fructose Cane sugar.

Properties of Dextrose-Anhydrous IP
It is a simple carbohydrate that is directly absorbed into the blood. It has a glycemic index of 100%. It is a colorless, odorless white powder that is less sweeter than cane sugar; soluble in water and partially soluble in alcohol.
Application in Pharmaceutical

• It is formulated with vitamins and Minerals and sold in packets or containers or used during convalescent periods of physical stress by patients, athletes and students.
• It is used in tableting and as a raw material in the fermentation industry for bio-chemical synthesis of antibiotics (penicillin, streptomycin etc.) and vitamin C.
• lt is widely used as a major ingredient in the oral rehydration salt (ORS) segment. Being a natural sugar, it immediately cures a person of dehydration, sugar dropandgiddiness.

Fermentation Industry
lt serves as a raw material in the manufacture of citric acid. amino acids. enzymes. lactic acid and ethanol.
Industrial
It is a raw material for the manufacture of MSG, citric acid, amino acids, enzymes, lactic acid, perborate, glucolactone; high fructose corn syrup and crystalline fructose, mannose, ascorbic acid and ethanol. It is also a raw material in industries that make adhesives, casting products, plastic products, printed textiles printing, leather, paint, soap, pesticides, matches. explosives and more.