Meito Sangyo Co., Ltd. Fine Chemicals Division Web Catalogue

By using of fermentation technology from microorganism, Meito Sangyo Co., Ltd. Fine chemicals Division produces unique products, such as polysaccharide and enzymes.
Out of our products, both dextran used for a plasma expander and microbial rennet, cheese production enzyme are produced by limited manufacturers worldwide.

Dextran derivatives with a variety of functional group can be produced from Dextran by chemical reaction. Anion-donating reaction such as sulphonation, carboxymethylation or cation-donating reaction like tertiary amination can be carried out for purpose-made product. Since dextran acts as a protective colloid to keep solution highly dispersed, iron oxide or magnetic iron oxide dextran complex can be also manufactured. These resultant products are physiological and biocompatible ones which are applicable as raw materials for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

Especially in Japan, Meito Sangyo is sole manufacturer of these products.

Lipase, as one of typical enzyme, fat-splitting enzyme obtains an acceptance by customers globally. Furthermore, in the future, this promising enzyme is expected to have a variety of applications, depending on its microbial origin.

Dextran magnetite (DM, Ferucarbotran) is a magnetic fluid and can be utilized for MRI diagnostic agent. Its application research work has been done cooperatively with Schering AG (Berlin, Germany), a leading contrast diagnostic company.
Ferucarbotran is used as a raw material of Resovist and it is a trade name of Schering AG for a liver-specific diagnostic agent. MRI using Resovist enables to detect even micro-scale liver cancer.
Resovist is applied in 44 countries worldwide and registration has been completed in 29 countries. Twenty two (22) countries have already brought Resovist to market.

Meito Healthy Friend (MHF) is a mixed feed and its components are crystalline glucose and sugar syrup containing fructose, oligosaccharide and polysaccharide produced by fermentation of Dextran. MHF has significant effects on weight gain and prevention against Salmonella bacteria in poultry and livestock.
MHF greatly contributes safety for people eating chicken and raw eggs.

Our Hachiouji factory where we are producing Dextran products and lipases has established the environmental management system conforming to ISO14001, which is the international environmental management standard, and was granted ISO14001 Certificate of Registration in June 2001. Our registered site is now working on continual improvements in our performance to achieve the environmental objects and targets according to our environmental policy.

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