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ECO Brij® S20

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Synonym(s):

Brij® S20, Polyethylene glycol octadecyl ether, Polyoxyethylene (20) stearyl ether

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Linear Formula:
C18H37(OCH2CH2)nOH, n~20
CAS Number:
9005-00-9
UNSPSC Code:
12161902
NACRES:
NA.28
MDL number:
MFCD00074177

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InChI

1S/C20H41O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-22-20-18-21/h2-20H2,1H3

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO

InChI key

PSEGVHKUPXNGGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

description

non-ionic

form

solid

greener alternative product characteristics

Use of Renewable Feedstocks
Design for Degradation
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impurities

≤3.0% water

mp

44-46 °C (lit.)

acid number

≤1.0 mg KOH/g

hydroxyl value

45‑60 mg KOH/g

HLB

15.3

greener alternative category

Aligned,

Quality Level

200

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Features and Benefits

  • 100 % Renewable
  • 100 % Bio-based
  • Certified to the USDA BioPreferred Program
  • Lower carbon footprint than petrochemical-based versions
  • High-purity chemical suitable for a wide variety of research applications

General description

ECO Brij® S20 is an ethoxylated natural fatty alcohol, a nonionic bio-based surfactant that belongs to the class of polyoxyethylene ethers. This naturally derived detergent offers a number of functional benefits including detergency, wetting and dispersing making it suitable for a range of applications in biochemical and biological research.
We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one or more of The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry. This product is a biobased surfactant and is aligned with the 7th principle of Green Chemistry "Use of Renewable Feedstocks" and the 10th principle "Design for Degradation".

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Legal Information

Brij is a registered trademark of Croda International PLC
ECO BRIJ is a registered trademark of Croda Inc.

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GHS07

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hcodes

H302

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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MKCT8341
MKCP5499

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Brij-grafted-chitosan copolymers with function of P-glycoprotein modulation: Synthesis, characterization and in vitro investigations
Xiong W, et al.
Carbohydrate Polymers, 204, 89-96 (2019)
Wei Xiong et al.
International journal of nanomedicine, 13, 3781-3793 (2018-07-11)
Berberine (BBR) is a plant-derived benzylisoquinoline alkaloid and has been demonstrated to be a potential treatment for various chronic diseases. The poor water solubility and P-glycoprotein (Pgp)-mediated drug efflux are the main challenges for its further application in a clinical
S O Williams et al.
Drug development and industrial pharmacy, 26(1), 71-77 (2000-04-01)
The purpose of this study was to scale up an oil/water (o/w) cream formulation containing 40% diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (DGME), developed via 300-g laboratory batches in a 2(5-2) fractional factorial design, to 7-kg batch sizes in a Brogli-10 homogenizer.
Jae-Haeng Song et al.
Drug development and industrial pharmacy, 35(8), 897-903 (2009-02-26)
The oral administration of loratadine, an antihistamine, can have a variety of adverse side effects, such as headache, fatigue, and nausea, because of the transient high blood concentration. To avoid these effects, loratadine can be administered using a transdermal drug
J Q Zhang et al.
Drug delivery, 14(6), 381-387 (2007-08-19)
The study describes the development of stealth solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) as colloidal carriers for silibinin, a drug with very low solubility. Stealth SLNs were constituted mainly of bioacceptable and biodegradable lipids, such as stearic acid and surfactant Brij 78
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