Levan

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Levan
• CAS No.: 9013-95-0
• Molecular Formula: C18H32O16
• Molecular Weight: 504.43708
• Mol file: 9013-95-0.mol

Synonyms:Gum levan;Gums, Pseudomonas

Chemical Property of Levan

Chemical Property:

• Vapor Pressure: 0mmHg at 25°C
• Boiling Point: 910.4°Cat760mmHg
• Flash Point: 504.4°C
• PSA: 268.68000
• Density: 1.82g/cm³
• LogP: -7.56820
• Storage Temp.: 2-8°C
• Solubility.: H2O: 10 mg/mL, hazy, faintly yellow

Purity/Quality:

99% ^*data from raw suppliers

Levan ^*data from reagent suppliers

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MSDS Files:

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Useful:

• Uses: Levan is a fructose derivative, it is moisturizing and anti-inflammatory, it is also used to help improve skin barrier function. Levan - from Serratia Levanicum is an agent for prevention or remediation of dementia and compound containing same. Levan from Erwinia herbicola has been used as a:standard for the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy analysis of levan produced by Bacillus licheniformis NS032 in sugar beet molasses-based mediumpolysaccharide substrate to test the ability of Prevotella copri isolates to grow when polysaccharides were provided as the sole carbon source in vitrosubstrate in levanase activity assay