Sucrose Octasulfate Potassium Salt is used as a pharmaceutical ingredient in gastroprotective formulations and other medicinal products designed to treat gastrointestinal mucosal injuries and ulcers.

Its purpose is to protect damaged gastrointestinal mucosa by binding to proteins at injured sites forming a protective barrier and supporting the healing process.

Sucrose Octasulfate Potassium Salt is a highly sulfated sucrose derivative in which all eight hydroxyl groups of sucrose are substituted with sulfate groups and neutralized with potassium ions resulting in a strongly anionic compound with high affinity for positively charged proteins.