Glucamine

Glucamine (CAS 488-43-7) is an amino sugar alcohol used as a pH buffer, chelating agent, and humectant.

Where is Glucamine used?

• Pharmaceuticals: salt complexes with acidic active ingredients, improving solubility and bioavailability in oral and injectable drug products
• Cosmetics: pH buffering in moisturizing creams and serums
• Skin care: humectant that supports water retention in the stratum corneum for leave-on products targeting dry or sensitive skin
• Food and nutritional supplements: processing aid and buffering component in mineral delivery systems
• It binds trace metal ions that would otherwise destabilize the formulation.

Good to know: It is the free amine base form commonly encountered in API salt formation and topical formulation chemistry.

Commercial specifications

• Packaging from kilogram-scale laboratory quantities to multi-kilogram bulk