Dextran is a polysaccharide that differs from others in that its glucose units are joined together 1:6 glucoside links. The main chain of glucose has short branches at frequent intervals which are probably joined by 1:3 and 1:4 glucoside links. The chains can be composed of about 200,000 glucose units. Many bacteria, like Leuconostoc, can synthesize dextran from sucrose, and this activity is used commercially to obtain dextran.

Function & Application

Dextran has traditionally been used in infusion fluid and volume expander products. However, dextran has a very diverse application area ranging from vaccines over ophthalmic use to stabilizer of biological components. Some of the uses in life sciences incudes vaccines, ophthalmic, protein stabilization, lyophilization, cryopreservation, organ preservation, oral application, blood cell separation, blood volume expander.

Specification:

We can supply sample and bulk collagen packages like below, and also can accept customized packing as your request