What is the main function of alginate?

Industrial role

Alginate can quickly absorb water and can be used as dehydrating agent and sizing agent in papermaking and textile industries. Its main function is to be used as emulsifier or thickener in the food industry and daily chemical industry in the form of sodium alginate or potassium alginate. It is a common ingredient in food and cosmetics such as ice cream, milkshake, etc.

Medical function

In the pharmaceutical industry, alginate is a commonly used excipient: its viscosity makes it become the adhesive of tablets; Because it expands with water, it is also used as a disintegrant to disperse the tablet in the human body; Or it can be used as a dispersant to disperse the effective components into the liquid to become a suspension; Alginate is used as a drug sustained release agent. Dental use it to replace plaster and rubber, making dental molds. Alginate itself can be used as an absorbent to treat heavy metal poisoning.

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