Product name:Dioctahedral Smectite

SYNONYMS: Montmorillonite,Montmorillonite clay,Diosmectite,Smectite,Bentonite

Appearance:Off-white color powder
Specification:Pharmaceutical grade,with X-RAY spectrum.There are four standards available.
(1)Chinese National standard WS1-(X-165)-2004Z or WS1-(X343)-2004Z-2013  (2)USP  (3)EP  (4)BP

Quality Standard:WS1-(X343)-2004Z-2013
Appearance:Off-white color powder
Identification:Meet the requirement
SiO2,%:55.0~65.0
Al2O3,%:12.0~25.0
PH:5.0-9.0
Cl-,%:NMT 0.025
Carbonate:Not detected
Water solubility salt,%:NMT 0.70
Cristobalite and other impurities:Meet the requirement
Loss on drying,%:NMT 10.0
Granularity(pass 325 mesh),%:Meet the requirement
Degree of expansion,ml/5g:2.0~5.0
Adsorption strength,g/g:0.35~0.55
Heavy metals,ppm:NMT 10
As,ppm:NMT 2
Total viable count:NMT 100
Mildew and microzyme quantity:NMT 20
Coliform groups quantity:NMT 100
Escherichia coli:Not detected

Usage:APIs of anti-diarrhoeal widely used for children and adult.It is also one of pharmaceutical excipients.Dioctahedral Smectite is the main ingredient of the medicines below (by brand name):
Grafort-Daewoong, Vietnam
Smecta-Ipsen Pharma, Myanmar
Smectivet (veterinary use)-Boehringer Ingelheim Santé Animale, France
Bedelix-Ipsen, France
Pedismec-RPG, India
Bentonitum-IFET, Greece
Peptosyl (Smectites and Bismuth Subsalicylate (veterinary use))-Vetpharm, New Zealand
Colina Spezial (Smectites and Aluminium Hydroxide-Magnesium Carbonate Co-dried Gel)-IPSEN PHARMA, Germany
Dimectil-Lafrancol, Colombia
Diosmectal-BB Farma, Italy; Farma 1000, Italy; Malesci, Italy; Medifarm, Italy
Neosmectin-Pharmstandard, Georgia
Nodia-Marvecs Pharma Services, Italy
Smecta-Beaufour Ipsen, Hong Kong; Beaufour Ipsen, Malaysia; Beaufour Ipsen, Tunisia; Ipsen, a; Ipsen, Estonia; Ipsen, France; Ipsen, Greece; Ipsen, Hungary; Ipsen, Latvia; Ipsen, Poland; Ipsen, Russian Federation; Ipsen, Slovakia; Ipsen, Thailand; Ipsen, Taiwan; Ipsen, Vietnam; Ipsen Pharma, Czech Republic; Ipsen Pharma, Romania; Ipsen Pharma, Serbia; Pharmaplan, South Africa; Synthesis, Colombia; Ipsen Pharma, Lithuania
Smectalia-Ipsen, France
Montmorillonite Hanmi-Hanmi, China
Smecta-Beaufour Ipsen, China

Packing:25kg/drum
HS Code:3802.90