You want to carry out a polysaccharide analysis
What are polysaccharides?
Polysaccharides are carbohydrate macromolecules made up of long chains of monosaccharides (simple sugars) linked by glycosidic bonds. They play an essential role in many biological and industrial processes.
Classification of polysaccharides
Polysaccharides can be classified according to their structure and function:
Depending on their chemical composition
- Homopolysaccharides: composed of a single type of monosaccharide.
- Examples: Starch (glucose), Cellulose (glucose), Glycogen (glucose).
- Heteropolysaccharides: contain several types of monosaccharide.
- Examples: Hyaluronic acid, Heparin, Peptidoglycans.
According to their biological function
- Reserve polysaccharides: store energy.
- Starch (plants), glycogen (animals).
- Structural polysaccharides: reinforce biological structures.
- Cellulose (plant wall), Chitin (arthropod exoskeleton).
- Biologically active polysaccharides: involved in specific functions.
- Heparin (anticoagulant), Hyaluronic acid (joint lubricant, skin moisturiser).
What applications do polysaccharides have in biopharmaceutical
Polysaccharides have a variety of properties that make them useful in a biopharmaceutical industry:
- Excipients pour médicaments (ex : dérivés de cellulose).
- Thérapies anti-inflammatoires et anticoagulantes (ex : héparine).
- Biomatériaux pour la cicatrisation et les implants (ex : chitosane, acide hyaluronique).
FILAB can help you analyse your polysaccharides
Why choose FILAB for polysaccharide analysis?
FILAB, an analytical expertise laboratory, provides in-depth expertise in the characterization and analysis of polysaccharides in accordance with current guidelines, in particular ICH Q6B.
This expertise enables us to design analyses tailored to your specific needs and at different stages of development, whether for characterization studies in the preclinical phase or in research and development.
Our laboratory’s analytical services can be customised to meet your needs throughout the development and production cycle, with particular emphasis on monitoring the critical quality attributes (CQAs) of your polysaccharides.
Our FILAB laboratory offers a full range of polysaccharide characterization and analysis services.
our polysaccharide analysis services
Identification des liaisons chimiques et de groupes fonctionnels
Identification of monosaccharides
Detection and analysis of heavy metals
Évaluation de la rhéologie des solutions
Determining thermal stability and moisture content
Detailed analysis of polymers on a nanometric scale
Separation and quantification of monomers
Determining the size distribution and molecular weight of polysaccharides
Detection of residual solvents and organic contaminants
Determining thermal transitions (melting, crystallisation)
Study of the surface and structure of polysaccharides
Determination of polysaccharide crystallinity
