Vitamins

Product name:

Vitamin E Acetate (Tocopherol Acetate) 50% CWS/S

Molecular Formula:

C31H52O3

Molecular Weight:

472.743

CAS No.:

7695-91-2

Description

Vitamin E Acetate(Tocopherol Acetate)50% CWS/S is a white or off-white free-flowing powder. It is miscible with ethanol (99.5), with acetone, with chloroform, with diethyl ether, with hexane and with fixed oils. It is freely soluble in ethanol (95), and practically insoluble in water.

It is optically inactive. It is affected by air and light.

Application

Vitamin E Acetate(Tocopherol Acetate)can be used as an antioxidant to eliminate free radicals in the body and reduce the damage of ultraviolet rays to the human body.

Specification

Appearance

White or off-white free-flowing powder.

Identification A

A bright red or orange color develops.

Identification B

Optical rotation: the DL-forms show essentially no optical rotation.

Identification C

The retention time of the major peak of the sample solution corresponds that of the standard solution, as obtained in the Assay.

Assay

≥50%

Loss on drying

≤3.0%

Heavy metal

≤10mg/kg

Arsenic

≤1.0mg/kg

Lead

≤2.0mg/kg

Total plate count

≤1000CFU/g

Molds & Yeasts

≤100CFU/g

Coliforms

<3.0MPN/g

Salmonella

Negative (in 25g)

Packing

25kg/carton or as customer’s requirements.

Storage

Store in an airtight container, protected from light.