MP Biomedicals Lab & Chemical Salts
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Ferric Chloride
MP BiomedicalsFerric chloride is a moderately strong Lewis acid and it is used as a catalyst in organic synthesis. The vapor-phase co-reductions with other metal halides by hydrogen results in finely divided intermetallics with applications as structural materials or compounds with useful thermoelectric,…
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Metformin Hydrochloride
MP Biomedicals1,1-Dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride (metformin) is a strong base. It forms well defined salts and possessing excellent coordination capacity with transition metals, forming highly colored bidentate chelate complexes. Metformin (MET) exists in various forms: diprotonated (H2MET)2+ in strong acidic…
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Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate
MP BiomedicalsCalcium sulfate (or calcium sulphate) is a common laboratory and industrial chemical. Calcium sulfate is used in tile and plaster, polishing powders, paints, paper, dyeing and calico printing, metallurgy, drying industrial gases, solids, and many organic liquids, and in the determination of oxalates.
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Dextran Sulfate Sodium Salt, Colitis Grade
MP BiomedicalsDextran sulfate sodium salt, or DSS, is a synthetic sulfated branched polysaccharide derivative of dextran that has multiple uses in biomedical and clinical research. One important property of DSS is to trigger colitis in mice and rats when administered in drinking water. DSS binds to…
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Ferric Ammonium Citrate
MP BiomedicalsFerric Ammonium Citrate is supplemented to the growth media as a source of iron for the micro-organism to be analysed.
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Choline Chloride
MP BiomedicalsCholine chloride is an organic compound and a quaternary ammonium salt. It is a weak acid. Choline chloride is the salt of the naturally occurring choline, the pre-stage of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is important for mnemonic and thought-processes. Choline occurs naturally in fungi,…
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Ammonium Acetate, Ultra Pure
MP BiomedicalsAmmonium acetate is a chemical compound which is derived from the reaction of ammonia and acetic acid. Ammonium acetate is volatile at low pressures. Because of which it has been used to replace cell buffers with non-volatile salts, in preparing samples for mass spectrometry. It is used as a buffer…
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Sodium Bicarbonate
MP BiomedicalsSodium bicarbonate is a commonly used laboratory chemical. The compound can react with both acids and bases, therefore it can be used as a neutralizer. When reacting with bases the compound forms carbonates. Sodium bicarbonate may be used to remove or wash acidic impurities from a crude liquid to…
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Carboxymethyl Cellulose Sodium Salt, High Viscosity
MP BiomedicalsCarboxymethyl Cellulose Sodium Salt is a high viscosity carboxymethylcellulose (CMC); the viscosity of a 1% solution in water at 25 °C is 1300-2200 centipoise (cps). The viscosity is both concentration and temperature dependent. As the temperaure increases, the viscosity decreases. As the…
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Choline Chloride
MP BiomedicalsCholine chloride is an organic compound and a quaternary ammonium salt. It is a weak acid. Choline chloride is the salt of the naturally occurring choline, the pre-stage of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is important for mnemonic and thought-processes. Choline occurs naturally in fungi,…
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Sodium acetate
MP BiomedicalsSodium Acetate is used as a buffer in the buffering range of pH 3.6-5.6.
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Calcium Phosphate Monobasic
MP BiomedicalsCalcium Phosphate Monobasic is mainly used in fertilizers, as acidulant in baking powders and in wheat flours, mineral supplement for foods and feeds, in enameling. Phosphorus is an essential nutrient and therefore is a common component of agricultural fertilizers. Calcium dihydrogen phosphate is…
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Benzalkonium Chloride
MP BiomedicalsBenzalkonium Chloride is a quaternary ammonium salt. It is a cationic surface active agent and germicide. It is not effective against gram-negative bacteria or picornaviruses and it is not recommended for treatment of sanitizing critical or semicritical medical instruments. It has been reported…
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Sodium Bicarbonate
MP BiomedicalsSodium bicarbonate is broadly used as a physiological buffer in cell culture applications. The pKa for bicarbonate <-> carbonic acid reaction is 6.4 The pKa for bicarbonate <-> carbonate reaction is 10.3. Sodum bicarbonate has two pKas, 6.4 and 10.3. The compound can react with both…
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Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic, Heptahydrate
MP BiomedicalsSodium phosphate dibasic heptahydrate is a reagent with very high buffering capacity widely used in molecular biology, biochemistry and chromatography. Sodium phosphate dibasic is highly hygroscopic and water soluble. Useful in conjunction with Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic in the preparation of…
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Sodium Phosphate Monobasic, Monohydrate
MP BiomedicalsSodium phosphate is a reagent with very high buffering capacity that is widely used in molecular biology, biochemistry, and chromatography. Sodium phosphate occurs in several forms: monobasic (NaH2PO4), dibasic (Na2HPO4), and tribasic…
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Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic
MP BiomedicalsSodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous is a sodium salt of phosphoric acid. It is a white powder that is highly hygroscopic and water soluble. Sodium phosphate dibasic has been used for preparing phosphate buffer which in turn is utilized in X-gal staining. Sodium phosphate dibasic is an…
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Polyethylene Glycol
MP BiomedicalsPolyethylene glycol (PEG) is a condensation polymer of ethylene oxide and water. PEGs are susceptible to oxidative degradation in the presence of air. Minimizing the exposure of PEG to elevated temperatures and/or exposure to oxygen, or addition of an antioxidant can limit the amount of…
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Ammonium Sulfate
MP BiomedicalsAmmonium sulfate is an inorganic salt. Ammonium Sulfate may be used for the precipitation or fractionation of proteins or for purification of antibodies. Useful for crystallographic analysis of nucleic acids and proteins. The use of ammonium sulfate in long PCR buffer, in PCR lysis solution, and…
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Potassium Phosphate Dibasic
MP BiomedicalsPotassium phosphate is a reagent with high buffering capacity. It occurs in several forms: monobasic, dibasic and tribasic. Most pH neutral potassium phosphate buffer solutions consist of mixtures of the monobasic and dibasic forms to varying degrees, depending on the desired pH. Potassium…
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Ammonium Acetate
MP BiomedicalsAmmonium acetate is a widely used reagent in molecular biology and chromatography. Its applications include the purification and precipitation of DNA and protein crystallization. It is commonly used in HPLC and MS analysis of various compounds, such as oligosaccharides, proteins and peptides.
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Ferrous Sulfate Heptahydrate
MP BiomedicalsFerrous sulfate heptahydrate is a reagent used in the manufacturing of iron compounds, in electroplating baths, aluminium etching, process engraving and lithography, and in redox polymerisation. It is used as a reducing agent in chemical processes, leather dyes and writing inks. Also, it is a…
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Potassium Phosphate, Dibasic Trihydrate
MP BiomedicalsPotassium phosphate is a reagent with high buffering capacity. It occurs in several forms: monobasic, dibasic and tribasic. Most pH neutral potassium phosphate buffer solutions consist of mixtures of the monobasic and dibasic forms to varying degrees, depending on the desired pH. Potassium…
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Potassium Iodide
MP BiomedicalsPotassium Iodide is known as Potassium Salt of Hydriodic Acid [HI]. Its Ionic form is K+ I-, and iodide ion being mild reducing agent, it can be easily oxidized to Iodine by powerful oxidizing agent like chlorine. Potassium iodide is often used as a fluorescence quencher. The use of KI to…
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Calcium Chloride Dihydrate
MP BiomedicalsCalcium chloride is useful in preparing competent bacteria. Calcium chloride dihydrate was used in the preparation of calcium-alginate beads. It was used to compose the medium for Thermophilic Clostridia (MTC). It may be used for the concentration of virus vectors in a protocol.
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Sodium Chloride
MP BiomedicalsSodium chloride is a commonly used chemical which is found widely in nature. It is considered to be an essential nutrient. Excess amounts of sodium chloride can destroy electrolyte balance and cause death in most animals, including humans. Sodium chloride is used in a wide variety of biochemical…
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N-(1-Naphthyl)Ethylene-Diamine Dihydrochloride
MP BiomedicalsN-(1-Naphthyl)ethylenediamine, dihydrochoride is used for colorimetric determination of sulfonamide in blood. It is used for spectrophotometric determiniation of nitrite and nitrate. It is also used as a coupling agent for the spectrophotometric determination of aminophenols, phenylenediamines,…
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Sodium Chloride, USP Grade
MP BiomedicalsSodium chloride is a commonly used chemical which is found widely in nature. It is considered to be an essential nutrient. Excess amounts of sodium chloride can destroy electrolyte balance and cause death in most animals, including humans. Sodium chloride is used in a wide variety of biochemical…