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SORBITAN MONOOLEATE

Sorbitan monooleate is a mixture of partial esters of sorbitol and its anhydrides and vegetable oleic acid. May contain sorbitol, sorbitan, isosorbide esters and free fatty acids. Sorbitan monooleate gives the cream-yellowish appearance of sorbitan monooleate. Sorbitan monooleate has a slight characteristic odor. Sorbitan monooleate is insoluble in water.

CAS NUMBER: 1338-43-8

SYNONYM:
Sorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate; Arlacel 80; Span 80; SORBITAN OLEATE; UNII-06XEA2VD56; 06XEA2VD56; 1338-43-8; NCGC00164240-01; DSSTox_CID_7397; DSSTox_RID_78437; DSSTox_GSID_27397; 1,4-anhydro-6-O-[(9Z)-octadec-9-enoyl]-D-glucitol; Sorbitan oleate [INN]; Sorbitani oleas; Glycomul O; Sorbitan O; Alkamuls SMO; Armotan MO; Dehymuls SMO; Lonzest SMO; NSC 406239; Oleate de sorbitan; Kosteran O 1; Oleato de sorbitano; Crill 4; Sorbester P 17; Disponil 100; Montan 80; Newcol 80; Nonion OP80R; Radiasurf 7155; Sorgen 40; Sorgen 40A; Montane 80 VGA; Rheodol AO 10; Atmer 05; Emasol O 10; Emasol O 10F; Kemmat S 80; Nikkol SO 10; Nikkol SO-15; Sorbon S 80; Emasol 410 

Sorbitan monooleate is a lipophilic surfactant. Sorbitan monooleate is generally used as an emulsifier in combination with Sorbitan monooleates. Sorbitan monooleate is also used to alter the crystallization of oils. Sobitan monooletae is a transparent raw material in the form of a viscous liquid with a unique odor. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a stabilizer and emulsifier in different industrial products, especially in the food industry. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a wetting and emulsifying agent in the production of agricultural pesticides in the field of agriculture. Sorbitan monooleate is mainly used as an emulsifier to keep water and oils mixed. Sorbitan monooleate is used in the production of food and healthcare products and is a non-ionic surfactant with emulsifying, dispersing and wetting properties. Sorbitan monooleate is used as an emulsifier in synthetic fibers, metalworking fluid, making polishers for the leather industry, coatings, insecticides, and in a variety of applications in the plastic, food and cosmetic industries. Sorbitan Monooleate is a nonionic emulsifier and surfactant and is used in cosmetics and foods. Sorbitan monooleate is a food additive.

Sorbitan monooleate has been approved by the FDA for use as an emulsifier in polymer dispersions used in the purification of sugar cane or beet juice or liquor in an amount not exceeding 7.5 percent by weight in the final polymer dispersion. The additive is used in amounts not exceeding 0.70 parts per million in sugar water and 1.4 parts per million in sugar liquor. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a homogenizer. Sorbitan monooleate can be of vegetable or animal origin. Sorbitan monooleate is produced from sorbitol and oleic acid. Sorbitan monooleate is not possible to chemically determine the origin of the compound of sorbitan monooleate. As emulsifier, solubilizer, stabilizer, softener, anti-static agent etc. suitable for medicine, cosmetics, textiles, paints etc.Used as W/O emulsion explosive, preparation agent of textile, emulgator of artesian well weighted mud and producing of food and cosmetic, dispersant in beaded paint, stabilizer of itanium dioxide, insecticide, wetting agent and emulgator in pesticide, cosolvent of oil production, antirust of slushing oil, lubricant and softening agent of textile and leather.

Sorbitan monooleate, suitable for use in lotions, creams, hair care, and sunscreens. Sorbitan monooleate is a low HLB surfactant suggested for use as a w/o emulsifier or as an o/w emulsifier for use in cosmetic formulations, oil field chemicals, plastics, household products, coatings and textiles. The liquid sorbitan ester explosive grade functions as a low HLB nonionic emulsifier. This product is well suited for a broad number of applications including emulsifier in explosives. Sorbitan monooleate sorbitan monooleate is used as a wetting agent, coupling agent and dispersing agent in various products. In cosmetics, pharmaceutical creams, and various other personal care products, it is used as friction modifier and emulsifier. This clear viscous oily liquid is used for ethoxilation. The sorbitan ester (esterification) plant provides a process where fatty acid and sorbitol are heated to a temperature of 235°C where the reaction occurs, forming sorbitan. Three types of fatty acid are used for sorbitan ester manufacture: captive tallowbased oleine, vegetable-based oleine, and coconut fatty acid. The poly-functional alcohol sorbitol is used to produce bleached and non-bleached sorbitan esters. Sorbitan mono oleate is a viscous yellow liquid which is used as an emulsifier for water/oil emulsions. Sorbitan monooleate is a nonionic surfactant with good wetting properties. Sorbitan monooleate is soluble in ethanol, toluene, mineral oil and vegetable oils. It is insoluble in water, acetone and glycols.

Sorbitan monooleate is used in lubricants and greases, cleaning and care products.The vesicles were characterized by different techniques and comparison was made with vesicles formed. High fluidity correlates with increased leakage of entrapped water-soluble dye molecules. Addition of cholesterol and soybean phosphatidylcholine lowers the extent of leakage, allowing a tuning of the bilayer permeability. Sorbitan oleate, also known as arlacel or E494, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as fatty acid esters.
Sorbitan monooleate widely used in personal care products. W/O emulsifier, particularly recommended for unsaturated lipid components such as oleyl alcohol or vegetable oils. Dispersing agent for insoluble liquids in other lipophilic liquids. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a wetting agent and dispersant for pigments in colour cosmetics and zinc oxide/titanium dioxide in sun care products. Sorbitan monooleate is light yellow viscose oily liquid. Sorbitan monoolate is insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvents. It is water/oil type emulsifier, which can be mixed with emulsifier S60 and emulsifier.

Sorbitan monooleate is a biodegradable surfactant based on a natural fatty acid (oleic acid) and the sugar alcohol sorbitol. This sorbitan ester is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions, particularly when used in combination with its polyethoxylated derivative, sorbitan monooleate. Sorbitan monooleate can be used in EPA approved oil spill dispersant formulations to accelerate the process of natural dispersion. It is adaptable to various application techniques and is compatible with a wide range of oil spill dispersant ingredients. Sorbitan monooleate is a liquid sorbitan oleate for use in skin care and decorative cosmetics. Sorbitan monooleate is part of a broad range of ester materials including sorbitan esters, mono and diglycerides, and polyoxyethylene sorbitol esters. This grade is used as a wetting agent and dispersant for pigments in colour cosmetics and zinc oxide/titanium dioxide in suncare products.

Sorbitan monooleate is used as suitable for medicine, cosmetics, textiles, paints etc.Used as W/O emulsion explosive, preparation agent of textile, Sorbitan monooleate is used as emulgator of artesian well weighted mud and producing of food and cosmetic, Sorbitan monooleate is used as dispersant in beaded paint, Sorbitan monooleate is used as stabilizer of itanium dioxide, Sorbitan monooleate is used as insecticide, Sorbitan monooleate is used as wetting agent and emulgator in pesticide, Sorbitan monooleate is used as cosolvent of oil production, antirust of slushing oil, Sorbitan monooleate is used as lubricant and softening agent of textile and leather. The synthesis of sorbitan monooleate was conducted at laboratorium scale by es-terification of sorbitol and oleic acid using p-toluene sulfonic acid as catalyst. The esterifi-cation process was carried out at operation condition : Sorbitan monooleate  atmospheric pressure;   stirred;  seven hours of reaction;  180oC and concentration of catalyst 2.5 % based on sorbitol. The ratio of oleic acid – sorbitol concentration used in this experiment was varried at 0.75;  1.0;  1.25 and 1.50. A sample was drawn off every 10 minutes during the first hour reaction and e-very 30 minutes during the next six hours.

Sorbitan monooleate can be used in oil emulsions Sorbitan monooleate can be used in milk and cream mixtures.Sorbitan monooleate can be used in jelly marmalades.Sorbitan monooleate can be used in tahini halva varieties.Sorbitan monooleate can be used in cocoa-based confectionery. Sorbitan monooleate can be used in chocolates. Sorbitan monooleate can be used in liquid fruit and plant mixtures. Sorbitan monooleate can be used in desserts. Sorbitan monooleate can be used in sugar-based confectionery. Sorbitan monooleate can be used in food supplements. Sorbitan monooleate  is a non-ionic surface active agent;  Sorbitan monooleate used as emulsifier, Sorbitan monooleate used as stabilizer, and Sorbitan monooleate used as thickener (foods, cosmetics, and medicines), Sorbitan monooleate used as lubricant and Sorbitan monooleate used as softener in textiles, and Sorbitan monooleate used as surfactant for pharmaceuticals;  Sorbitan monooleate used as emulsifier for water-in-oil emulsions;  Sorbitan monooleate used as for synthesis in chemical industry, Sorbitan monooleate used as refining and processing metals, and in paints, lacquers, and varnishes industry. Sorbitan monooleate is a mild, non-ionic liquid surfactant suitable for use as part of the emulsification system in a wide range of beauty and personal care formulations.

Due to  Sorbitan monooleate is low HLB ratio Sorbitan monooleate is best suited to water in oil emulsions. Sorbitan monooleate   are derived from dehydration of sorbitol or sorbose and related compounds in ester combination with fatty acids and with short oligo side chains and an oleate terminus to form detergents and surfactants such as Sorbitan monooleate. Sorbitan monooleate   appearance may vary from an amber-colored oily, viscous liquid, to a light cream color, to tan beads or flakes or a hard, waxy solid with a slight odor Sorbitan monooleate  is also used as surfactants or Sorbitan monooleate  is also used as emulsifying agents in the preparation of emulsions, creams, and ointments for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use Sorbitan monooleate  is also used as in asthma inhalers has been implicated in causing secondary bronchospasms in children. Sorbitan monooleate may be safely used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions. Sorbitan monooleate  is produced by the esterification of sorbitol with commercial oleic acid. Sorbitan monooleate  meets the following specifications.Saponification number of Sorbitan monooleate  is 145-160. Sorbitan monooleate  is used or intended for use as follows.

IUPAC NAME : 
(2R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-;yl]-2-hydroxyethyl (9Z)-octadec-9-enoate; 1,4-anhydro-6-O-oleoyl-D-glucitol;sorbitan oleate;(CAS 9005-65-6);Sorbitan monooleate, ethoxylated (>6.5 EO)

TRADE NAME :
Leunapon-SMO; Polyoxyethylene-80-sorbitan monooleate; Sorbitan, mono-(9Z)-9 octadecenoate;poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivs

OTHER NAME :
1286269-72-4; 1286269-72-4; 1340-85-8; 1340-85-8; 141927-23-3; 141927-23-3; 178631-96-4; 178631-96-4; 209796-63-4; 209796-63-4; 2137448-98-5; 2137448-98-5; 253447-34-6; 253447-34-6; 361534-35-2; 361534-35-2; 37199-23-8; 37199-23-8; 37280-84-5

Sorbitan monooleate   is used as emulsifier. Sorbitan monooleate   is used as solubilizer, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as stabilizer, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as softener, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as anti-static agent etc. Sorbitan monooleate   is used as suitable for medicine, cosmetics, textiles, paints etc.Used as W/O emulsion explosive, preparation agent of textile, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as emulgator of artesian well weighted mud and producing of food and cosmetic, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as dispersant in beaded paint, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as stabilizer of itanium dioxide, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as insecticide, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as wetting agent and emulgator in pesticide, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as cosolvent of oil production, antirust of slushing oil, Sorbitan monooleate   is used as lubricant and softening agent of textile and leather. The synthesis of sorbitan monooleate was conducted at laboratorium scale by es-terification of sorbitol and oleic acid using p-toluene sulfonic acid as catalyst. The esterifi-cation process was carried out at operation condition.

Sorbitan monooleate is produced from oleic acid and sorbitol, a normal fatty acid of vegetable or animal origin. Sorbitan monooleate Function and Features: Sorbitan monooleate has emulsifier and stabilizer properties. Sorbitan mono oleate is metabolised to sorbitol and oleic acid, which are metabolized without side effects. Although mostly vegetable oils are used, the use of animal fats cannot be excluded. Therefore; a number of groups, such as vegetarians, and Jews who do not eat milk or dairy, as well as meat, should avoid these products. Only manufacturers can give detailed information on the source of fatty acids. Chemically, the fatty acids of vegetable or animal origin are the same. Sorbitan monooleate is an extremely light but very powerful nonionic emulsifier. Sorbitan monooleate is part of a wide variety of ester materials, including sorbitan esters, mono and diglycerides, and polyoxyethylene sorbitol esters. These nonionic surfactants can act as emulsifiers, detergents, dispersing or dispersing agents. Sorbitan monooleate finds wide use in the personal care industry.

Sorbitan monooleate, also known as sorbitan oleate / SMO, is synthesized by esterifying sorbitan with oleic acid. Sorbitan monooleate has the molecular formula C24H44O6. Sorbitan monooleate is amber to brown thick oily liquid at room temperature. Sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan monooleate is a W / O emulsifier with an HLB value. Our sorbitan monooleate is widely used in food, medicine, cosmetics, textile, metalworking, etc. Sorbitan monooleate is one of the most popular surfactants as it has various functions in its formulations. Sorbitan monooleate is often used in combination with Sorbitan monooleate. Water-insoluble nonionic surfactants such as Sorbitan Monooleate are made by esterifying partial sorbitol anhydrides with digestible fatty acids. The general production of span-type materials consists of partial esters of common fatty acids (lauric, palmitic, stearic and oleic) derived from sorbitol and hexitol anhydrides.
Sorbitan Monooleate is a nonionic surfactant used as an emulsifying agent in the preparation of Water in Oil emulsions. Added in small amounts to many foods, drinks and cosmetics Sorbitan Monooleate is a surfactant that changes the interfacial tension of water due to its polar head group and long lipophilic hydrocarbon tail. The hydrophilic character of Sorbitan Monooleate is due to the free hydroxyl and oxyethylene groups, while the fiberophilic part is found in the long chain fatty acid.

Sorbitan Monooleate is used as an emulsifier and nonionic surfactant in pharmaceutical formulations. Sorbitan Monooleate is mainly used in oil-in-water emulsions in combination with a high HLB emulsifier. The emulsifier pair produces smooth lotions and creams in skin and hair care and makeup bases. Sorbitan Monooleate is a spreading aid for bath oils and adds water dispersibility to waterless systems. Sorbitan Monooleate is a nonionic, lipophilic (oil loving) surfactant. Sorbitan Monooleate is used to prepare the perfect water in oil emulsifier for neutral and slightly alkaline and acidic pH system. Sorbitan Monooleate is also used as stabilizer, emollient, bodybuilding agent, Opacifiers in cosmetics and pharmaceutical creams and lotions, coupling agent for medicines, Petroleum oils as friction regulator and rust inhibitor. Sorbitan Monooleate also acts as a textile and leather lubricant. Sorbitan Monooleate is the emulsifier commonly used to make Emulsion Explosives and is used as a common surfactant for packaged.

Sorbitan Monooleate is a mixture of partial esters of sorbitol and anhydrides and vegetable oleic acid. Sorbitan Monooleate can have free fatty acids and sorbitol, isosorbide esters. Sorbitan monooleate is widely used in personal care products. Sorbitan monooleate is a recommended W / O emulsifier, especially for unsaturated lipid components such as oleyl alcohol or vegetable oils. Sorbitan monooleate is a dispersing agent for liquids insoluble in other lipophilic liquids. Sorbitan oleate is used as a wetting and dispersant for pigments in color cosmetics and zinc oxide / titanium dioxide in sun care products. Sorbitan monooleate is also used as a surfactant in soaps and cosmetics (including eyedrops), or a solubilizer such as in a mouthwash. The cosmetic grade of Sorbitan monooleate may have more impurities than the food grade. Sorbitan monooleate is an excipient that is used to stabilize aqueous formulations of medications for parenteral administration, and used as an emulsifier in the making of the popular antiarrhythmic amiodarone.

Sorbitan monooleate is also used as an excipient in some European and Canadian influenza vaccines. Influenza vaccines contain 2.5 μg of Sorbitan monooleate per dose. Sorbitan monooleate is found in many vaccines used in the United States. Sorbitan monooleate is also used as an emulsifier in the estrogen-regulating drug Estrasorb. Also used in granulation for stabilization of drug and excipients while doing IPA binding. Sorbitan Monooleate, also known as Sorbitan monooleate, is a nonionic emulsifier and surfactant and used in cosmetics and foods. Ungraded products supplied by Spectrum are indicative of a grade suitable for general industrial use or research purposes and typically are not suitable for human consumption or therapeutic use. Sorbitan Monooleate is a nonionic surfactant and emulsifier often used in foods and cosmetics. This synthetic compound is a viscous, water-soluble yellow liquid.

Sorbitan Monooleate is derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and oleic acid. The hydrophilic groups in this compound are polyethers also known as polyoxyethylene groups, which are polymers of ethylene oxide. In the nomenclature of Sorbitan monooleates, the numeric designation following Sorbitan Monooleate refers to the lipophilic group, in this case, the oleic acid. Sorbitan Monooleate is used as an emulsifier in foods. For example, in ice cream, Sorbitan monooleate is added up to 0.5% (v/v) concentration to make the ice cream smoother and easier to handle, as well as increasing its resistance to melting. Adding this substance prevents milk proteins from completely coating the fat droplets. This allows them to join together in chains and nets, which hold air in the mixture, and provide a firmer texture that holds its shape as the ice cream melts. Sorbitan Monooleate are non-ionic surfactants and emulsifiers derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and stearic or oleic acid.

Sorbitan Monooleate are mainly used as a solubilizer, emulsifier or suspension stabilizer for pharmaceutical application. Depending on the HLB value of the product they can either act as solubilzer or emulsifier. Sorbitan Monooleate is its high HLB value more suitable as a solubilizer of poorly water soluble drug substances in either liquid or solid dosage forms. Sorbitan Monooleate is suitable for usage in physical mixing, melt granulation, spray drying and hot melt extrusion processes. Sorbitan Monooleate can be used as an emulsifier in foods, medicines, cosmetics, textiles, agriculture, and occasionally in laboratory identification of bacteria. Sorbitan Monooleate is a common fragrance and essential oil solublizer as well as an emulsifying agent. Sorbitan monooleate is soluble in water and alcohol and insoluble in oils. Sorbitan Monooleate is typically a co-emulsifier that is used both as a viscosity modifier and a dispersing agent for fragrances and essential oils for room sprays and linen sprays. When combined with liquid oils, Sorbitan monooleate 80 creates a blooming bath oil. Sorbitan monooleate can also be used in a self-emulsifying sugar or salt scrub. In bath bombs, you can add up to 6% as a wetting agent to help prolong fizzing in the tub.

Sorbitan monooleate, a substance formulated by the reaction of sorbitan fatty acid ester (a nonionic surfactant) with ethylene oxide, is used in many foreign countries, including the U.S. and the EU, where it acts as an emulsifier, a solubilizer in many foods, including bread, cake mix, salad dressing, shortening oil and chocolate. Sorbitan monooleate is a hydrophilic nonionic surfactant. Sorbitan monooleate is utilized as a surfactant in soaps and cosmetics and also as a lubricant in eye drops. In food or pharmaceutical products, it can act as an emulsifier. Sorbitan monooleate  is an excipient that is used to stabilize aqueous formulations of medications for parenteral administration or vaccinations. A solubilizing agent acts as a surfactant and increases the solubility of one agent in another. A substance that would not normally dissolve in a particular solution is able to dissolve with the use of a solubilizing agent. Sorbitan monooleate is also known as an emulsifier, which helps ingredients mix together and prevent separation, and water-containing small amounts of salts, and is included in several vaccines licensed

Sorbitan monooleate is derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and oleic acid. The hydrophilic groups in this compound are polyethers also known as polyoxyethylene groups, which are polymers of ethylene oxide. In the nomenclature of Sorbitan monooleates, the numeric designation following Sorbitan monooleate refers to the lipophilic group, in this case, the oleic acid. Sorbitan monooleate is an amber/golden-colored viscous liquid. Sorbitan monooleate is made from polyethoxylated sorbitan (chemical compounds derived from the dehydration of sugar alcohol) and oleic acid, a fatty acid found in animal and vegetable fats. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a defoamer for the fermenting process of some wines, and also to bind some ice-creams and other ‘puddings’, to keep their creamy texture without separating. It is also used to bulk foods up and keep sauces smooth. Sorbitan monooleate can also act as a surfactant in soaps and cosmetics, as well as a solubilizer helping to dissolve ingredients so that they can more easily blend together. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a solubilizer. Sorbitan monooleate makes products look creamier and more attractive. Sorbitan monooleate is used as an ingredient in some vaccines, as well as in some vitamins and supplements.

Sorbitan monooleate is used to improve the consistency of gel capsules and to make pills disperse in the stomach. Polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters are synthesized by the addition, via polymerization, of ethylene oxide to sorbitan fatty acid esters. These nonionic hydrophilic emulsifiers are very effective antistaling agents and, thus, are used in a wide variety of bakery products. These emulsifiers are much more widely known as the Sorbitan monooleates Sorbitan monooleate .Sorbitan monooleate utilize lauric, stearate, and oleate, respectively, for the fatty acid portion of the molecule. Sorbitan monooleate is a monostearate, whereas Sorbitan monooleate is a tristearate. Sorbitan monooleate is derived from olive oil. Sorbitan monooleate is a non-toxic, nonionic surfactant/emulsifier and a water-soluble yellowish liquid used as a dispersing agent which allows oil and water to mix without the use of alcohol. Sorbitan monooleate is a fragrance solubilizer and stabilizer; it lubricates and has a soothing effect on the skin. This skin safe ingredient is used extensively in oil in water emulsions (lotions, conditioners, cream rinses, shampoos, liquid soaps, body polishes or scrubs, etc.) and also for body mists and linen sprays.

Sorbitol is a white, sweetish, hygroscopic, crystalline sugar alcohol of six-carbon. It is found naturally in various berries and fruits or it is prepared synthetically by high-pressure catalytic hydrogenation of glucose sugar derived from cornstarch. Sorbitan monooleate melts at 93 to 98 C depending on the form. It is used as a a sweetening agent, food additive, toothpaste, tobacco, toiletries and in cosmetics. Sorbitan monooleate is used for vitamin-C fermentation. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a excipient and intravenous osmotic diuretic in pharmaceutical fields. Sorbitan monooleate is also used in the manufacture of polyethers for polyurethanes and surfactants. The term sorbitan describes the anhydride form of sorbitol, whose fatty acids are lipophilic whereas sorbitol body is hydrophilic. This bifunctionality in one molecule provides the basic properties useful in cleaners, detergents, polymer additives, and textile industry as emulsifiers, wetting agents, and viscosity modifiers. Sorbitan monooleate is rather lipophilic (or hydrophobic) surfactants exhibiting low HLB values; having an affinity for, tending to combine with, or capable of dissolving in lipids (or water-insoluble). While, the ethoxylated sorbitan esters are hydrophilics exhibiting high HLB values; having an affinity for water; readily absorbing or dissolving in water. The type of fatty acid and the mole number of ethylene oxide provides diverse HLB values for proper applications.

Sorbitan monooleate is used by philatelists to remove stamps from envelopes and to remove residues from stamps, without harming the stamp itself. Sorbitan monooleate is also used as wetting agent in rubber balers in the elastomer industry. Sorbitan monooleate has been used as a shape directing agent to synthesize spheroidal magnetite nanoassemblies. Sorbitan monooleate are a class of emulsifiers used in some pharmaceuticals and food preparation. They are often used in cosmetics to solubilize essential oils into water-based products. Polysorbates are oily liquids derived from ethoxylated sorbitan (a derivative of sorbitol) esterified with fatty acids. 
Sorbitan monooleate are used in the formulation of biotherapeutic products for both preventing surface adsorption and as stabilizers against protein aggregation. Sorbitan monooleate is amphipathic, nonionic surfactants composed of fatty acid esters of polyoxyethylene sorbitan being polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate for Sorbitan monooleate and polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate for Sorbitan monooleate. The polysorbates used in the formulation of biopharmaceuticals are mixtures of different fatty acid esters with the monolaurate fraction of Sorbitan monooleate making up only 40-60% of the mixture and the monooleate fraction of Sorbitan monooleate making up >58% of the mixture. The polysorbates undergo autooxidation, cleavage at the ethylene oxide subunits and hydrolysis of the fatty acid ester bond. Autooxidation results in hydroperoxide formation, side-chain cleavage and eventually formation of short chain acids such as formic acid all of which could influence the stability of a biopharmaceutical product.

Sorbitan monooleate are derived from dehydration of sorbitol or sorbose and related compounds in ester combination with fatty acids and with short oligo side chains and an oleate terminus to form detergents and surfactants such as polysorbate 80. Their appearance may vary from an amber-colored oily, viscous liquid, to a light cream color, to tan beads or flakes or a hard, waxy solid with a slight odor They are also used as surfactants or emulsifying agents in the preparation of emulsions, creams, and ointments for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use. Sorbitan monooleate is an emulsifier that can also be found in soaps, shampoos and body washes. Sorbitan monooleate helps bind ingredients together and keep a formula from separating Sorbitan monooleate is an alcohol that helps hold mixtures of oil and water together. Over time, Sorbitan monooleate is possible for formulas in a product to separate. We add emulsifiers to our products where needed to ensure that our products provide the same performance use after use. Sorbitan mono oleate is a viscous yellow liquid which is used as an emulsifier for water/oil emulsions. Sorbitan monooleate is a nonionic surfactant with good wetting properties. Sorbitan monooleate is soluble in ethanol, toluene, mineral oil and vegetable oils. Sorbitan monooleate is insoluble in water, acetone and glycols. Sorbitan monooleate is used in lubricants and greases, cleaning and care products.

Sorbitan monooleate is a kind of important nonionogenic tenside, is commonly used for the w/o type emulsifying agent.Due to its excellent emulsification, dispersion and the surfactivity such as wetting, and nontoxic, non-stimulated, low volatilization, the characteristics such as micelle-forming concentration is higher and the micella free energy is lower, extensive in sector applications such as oil, food, makeup and medicine. Sorbitan monooleate are surfactants that are produced by reacting the polyol, sorbitol, with ethylene oxide. The number in the name of the Sorbitan monooleate indicates the average number of moles of ethylene oxide that has been reacted per mole of sorbitol. The Sorbitan monooleate is then reacted with fatty acids obtained from vegetable fats and oils such as lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid. Sorbitan monooleate function to disperse oil in water as opposed to water in oil. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a defoamer for the fermenting process of some wines, and also to bind some icecreams and other ‘puddings’, to keep their creamy texture without separating. Sorbitan monooleate is also used to bulk foods up and keep sauces smooth. Food grade Sorbitan monooleate helps water-based liquids and oils-based ingredients mixed together easily. Its common food applications are in ice cream, pickles, vitamins and sauce.  

Sorbitan monooleate produces the creamy sauce; enables butter and water not separate; makes the milk solids, salts, flavors, colors and other ingredients distributed evenly in the sauce. Sorbitan monooleate can also act as a surfactant in soaps and cosmetics, as well as a solubilizer helping to dissolve ingredients so that they can more easily blend together. Sorbitan monooleate is used as a solubilizer. Sorbitan monooleate makes products look creamier and more attractive. The cosmetic grade of Sorbitan monooleate may have more impurities than the food grade. Sorbitan monooleate can be used in Moisture Cream, Moisture Lotion, Cleansers, Shower Gel, Shampoo etc. Sorbitan monooleate can aid the stability of creams, lotions and gels, especially in those made with cold processed by encourgaing the oils and waters to bond easily. 

Sorbitan monoooleate is a mixture of partial esters of sorbitol and anhydrides and vegetable oleic acid. Sorbitol may contain isosorbide esters and free fatty acids. Sorbitan monooleate is a lipophilic surfactant. Sorbitan monooleate is generally used as an arad emulsifier with polysorbates. Sorbitan monooleate is also used to alter the crystallization of oils. Also in light pastry products, Light pastry products, decoration and coating materials, baker's yeast, oil emulsions, milk and cream mixtures, jelly marmalades, tahini halva varieties, cocoa-based confectionery, chocolates, liquid fruit and herbal mixtures, desserts, sugar-based confectionery, Used in food supplements.


 

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