Potassium D-gluconate

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 299-27-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$16M
Top SourceItaly 41%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291816 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291816, which covers 5 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IT 41%ItalyCN 32%ChinaIN 17%IndiaDE 6%GermanyTR 2%Turkey
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
Bulk Chemicals
Henkel

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthMetals & MiningElectronicsTransportation
Downstream Uses

Appears in 12 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Cardiotone
  • •Allergen II
  • •Electrolyte Plus
  • •GI Drainage
  • •Enviro I
  • •Allergen I
  • •Spleenex V
  • •Systemic Drainage
Show all 12
  • •Bio Electrolyte
  • •Recovatone
  • •E.O.L.
  • •SAMe Liquescence 3036
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 5 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
  • •Cleaning agent in Machinery Manufacturing (2.49%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Cleaning agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (2.49%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Cleaning agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (1.24%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Cleaning agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (37.28%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS299-27-4
PubChem CID16760467
DTXSIDDTXSID7029617
FormulaC6H11KO7
Mol. Weight234.25 g/mol
SMILESC(C(C(C(C(C(=O)[O-])O)O)O)O)O.[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID70296172026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

167604672026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/16760467/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/16760467.json

299-27-42026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 299-27-42026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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