Povidone Iodine (PVP-I)

Product Usage
- It is often used to prevent surgical skin infection in any major operations. As a surgical scrub, it is broadly applicable for pre and post operative skin cleansing.
- It works like antibacterial in dental procedures.
- Works great as antiseptic cleanser for surgeons before surgery.
- Most suitable for the treatment and prevention against infection in ulcers, burns and cuts.
- Effective against the treatment of wounds, yeasts, molds, fungi, protozoans, viruses, etc.
- It is used as a dispersing and suspending agent in drugs and as a plasma volume expander
Iodine Salts Exporters India
Povidone is widely used in pharmaceutical industries as the suspending drugs. The material tone is of white to off-white powder in its clean form and while mixing with other material it acts as a table binder. The most common use of this material is with iodine, known as Povidone Iodine. This yellowish brown or reddish brown powder is easily soluble in water and alcohol, but not mixed with chloroform. During the treatment, when doctors apply this medicine, it works slowly and releases iodine which kills or prevents the growth of bacteria, fungi and viruses.
As a being standard exporter, we offer various grades products on the demand of the customers. Other uses of it, we describe below
Technical Details | |
CAS No | 25655-41-8 |
Mol. Formul | (C6H9NO)n•xI |
Category | Antiamoebic & Topical Anti-infective |
Specification | |
Description | Yellowish brown or reddish brown amorphous powder; odour slight and characteristic of iodine |
Solubility | Soluble in water and in alcohol, practically insoluble in chloroform, in carbon tetrachloride, in ether, in solvent hexane, and in acetone |
pH of 10% solution | 1.5 to 5.0 |
Iodide | Not more than 6.0% w/w |
Nitrogen | Between 9.5 and 11.5 % w/w |
Heavy metals | Passes as per Pharmacopoeia |
Loss on drying | Not more than 8.0 % w/w |
Residue on ignition/Sulphated ash | Not more than 0.025 % w/w |
Assay | Between 9 and 12 % w/w |
Standard Packing: 25 KG HDPE Drum with double inner polythene bag.