Larodan AB

Larodan – makers of research grade lipids since 1963

Larodan develops, manufactures and markets a comprehensive range of high quality, research grade Lipids for the international market. Products include neutral and polar lipids, from simple fatty acids and methyl esters to complex oxylipins, glycerides and phospholipids. Lipids are biologically important for energy storage and signaling and as structural components.

Lipid related compounds are becoming increasingly relevant not only in bioscientific research and food science, but also in material engineering and traditional industry. Larodan manufactures lipids both by extraction and purification from natural sources and synthetically.

Larodan’s products are used in a number of fields within scientific research and product development as well as in industrial processes. Customers are involved in analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, biophysics, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology and nanotechnology as well as pharmaceutical product development and food science. The applications for lipids range from reference standards in molecular analysis to active ingredients in experiments or products.