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MP Biomedicals is a worldwide corporation manufacturing and distributing systems, kits and reagents for the life science research, medical device, biopharma manufacturing and diagnostics markets. Our extensive portfolio and custom services deliver the dependability that research and industrial communities rely on to worry less and discover more. From small scale research to large scale manufacturing, MP Biomedicals has been advancing life science projects for over 50 years.
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L-(-)-Sorbose
MP BiomedicalsSorbose is a ketose belonging to the group of sugars known as monosaccharides. It has a sweetness that is equivalent to sucrose. The commercial production of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) often begins with sorbose. L-Sorbose is used as a starting reagent for the commercial biosynthesis of ascorbic…
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Sucrose, Cell Culture Reagent
MP BiomedicalsSucrose is a nonreducing disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose, linked via their anomeric carbons. It is obtained commercially from Sugarcane, sugar beet (Beta vulgaris), and other plants and used extensively as a food and a sweetener. Use to create sucrose gradients for purification of…
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Dextran, Molecular Weight 60,000-90,000
MP BiomedicalsDextran is a high molecular weight polymer of anhydroglucose. It is composed of approximately 95% α-D-(1-->6) linkages. The remaining a(1-->3) linkages account for the branching of dextran. Conflicting data on the branch lengths implies that the average branch length is less than three…
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ß-D-Glucose
MP Biomedicalsβ-D-Glucose is critical for production of proteins and the lipid metabolism. β-D-Glucose is a main source of energy for living organisms and is combined into glucosides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides (cellulose and starch), and glycogen. D-Glucose, a naturally…
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D-(+)-Glucose
MP BiomedicalsD(+)Glucose, Anhydrous is a granular monosaccharide. Glucose is a main source of energy for living organisms. Glucose occurs naturally in the free state in fruits and other parts of plants. Glucose is combined into glucosides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, the polysaccharides (cellulose and…
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Sucrose, ACS Grade
MP BiomedicalsSimple carbohydrate. Sucrose is hydrolyzed to glucose and fructose by dilute acids and by invertase, a yeast enzyme. Upon hydrolysis the optical rotation falls and is negative when the hydrolysis is complete. The mixture of glucose and fructose is known as "Invert sugar". Sucrose can…
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D-(+)-Maltose Monohydrate
MP BiomedicalsD-(+)-Maltose Monohydrate is an α(1→4) linked disaccharide of D-glucose. D-(+)-Maltose Monohydrate is used as a substrate for α-glucosidase. It is also used as a substrate for the identification, differentiation and characterization of enzymes such as maltase(s); maltose…
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D-Mannitol
MP BiomedicalsMannitol is carbohydrate found in plants and plant exudates. D-Mannitol is used with boric acid in the manufacturing of dry electrolytic condensers for radio applications. In pharmacy, used as as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. In analytical chemistry for boron determinations. In…
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Sucrose, Molecular Biology Reagent
MP BiomedicalsSucrose is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. Sucrose can be used to prepare density gradients for cell/organelle separation. It is used as a supplement in plant, insect, and bacterial culture media. It can also be used in various enzymatic assays.
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L-(+)-Arabinose
MP BiomedicalsL-(+)-Arabinose is the naturally occurring isomer and is a constituent of plant polysaccharides. L-(+)-Arabinose is used as a substrate to identify, differentiate and characterize pentose sugar isomerase(s). L-Arabinose is used in the bioproduction of L-ribose. L-Arabinose is the naturally…
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Alginic Acid Sodium Salt from Macrocystis pyrifera (Kelp)
MP BiomedicalsAlginic acid sodium salt has been used in the flocculation of solids in water treatment; as sizing agent; thickener; emulsion stabilizer; and a suspending agent. It is used in the preparation of colloidal biodegradable structures such as gels, biofilms, beads, nanoparticles, and microcapsules…
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D-(+)-Mannose
MP BiomedicalsMannose is a sugar monomer of the aldohexose series of carbohydrates. Mannose is a C-2 epimer of glucose. Mannose is important in human metabolism, especially in the glycosylation of certain proteins. Several congenital disorders of glycosylation are associated with mutations in enzymes involved in…
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Gellan Gum Powder
MP BiomedicalsGellan gum is a water-soluble polysaccharide produced by Pseudomonas elodea, a bacterium. Gelrite, gellan gum, is recommended as a gelling agent for use in place of agar in microbiological media. Gellan gum is used in a wide variety of immobilization matricies. As a food additive, gellan gum is…
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Dextran Sulfate Sodium Salt (6,000-8,000 M.Wt)
MP BiomedicalsDextran sulfate is a polyanionic derivative of dextran produced by esterification of Dextran with chlorosulphonic acid. The sulfur content is approximately 17% which corresponds to an average of 1.9 sulfate groups per glucosyl residue of the dextran molecule. Dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) is the…
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Microcrystalline Cellulose Powder
MP BiomedicalsCellulose is an organic compound, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β(1→4) linked D-glucose units. Cellulose is used as bulking agent, opacifier, anti-caking agent, extrusion aid and stabilizer for foams and emulsions. High purity…
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Sucrose, >=95% Purity
MP BiomedicalsSucrose is a simple carbohydrate. A disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose, which is used for a variety of applications. It is isolated from cane sugar; it is not synthetic. Sucrose can be used to prepare density gradients for cell/organelle separation. The refractive index of the…
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ß-D-(-)-Fructose
MP BiomedicalsFructose, or fruit sugar, is a simple monosaccharide found in many plants. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose, that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion. Fructose is a 6-carbon polyhydroxyketone. It is an isomer of glucose which…
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ß-D-Glucose
MP Biomedicalsβ-D-Glucose is a main source of energy for living organisms. It is combined into glucosides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, the polysaccharides (cellulose and starch), and glycogen. β-D-glucose may contain up to 10% of α-isomer.
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Dextran
MP BiomedicalsDextran is a high molecular weight polymer of anhydroglucose. It is composed of approximately 95% alpha-D-(1-->6) linkages. Dextrans with molecular weights greater than 10,000 behave as if they are highly branched. As the molecular weight increases, dextran molecules attain greater symmetry.…
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Dextran, MW 35,000-50,000
MP BiomedicalsDextran is a high molecular weight polymer of anhydroglucose. It is composed of approximately 95% alpha-D-(1-->6) linkages. The remaining a(1-->3) linkages account for the branching of dextran. Dextran has long and hydrophilic spacer arms that improves the performance of immobilized proteins…
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D-(+)-Trehalose Dihydrate
MP BiomedicalsTrehalose is a natural alpha-linked non–reducing disaccharide formed by an α,α-1,1-glucoside bond between two α-glucose units which yields 2 moles of D-glucose upon acid hydrolysis. Has 90% of the calorific content of sucrose. Inhibits polyglutamine-mediated protein…
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Dextran, Clinical Grade
MP BiomedicalsDextran is branched polysaccharide made up of linear α (1→6) linked glucose units and α (1→3) link initiated branches; it ranges in size from 10,000 to 150,000 Kd. Depending upon its molecular weight it has different uses in different fields. Use of dextrans as long and…
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Dextran, Clinical Grade
MP BiomedicalsDextran is a high molecular weight polymer of anhydroglucose. It is composed of approximately 95% alpha-D-(1-->6) linkages. The remaining a(1-->3) linkages account for the branching of dextran. Dextrans are used in many applications as volume extenders, stabilizers, matrix components,…
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D-Mannitol, ACS Reagent
MP BiomedicalsA carbohydrate found in plants and plant exudates. Used with boric acid in the manufacturing of dry electrolytic condensers for radio applications In the making of artificial resins and plasticizers In pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids In analytical chemistry…
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Tragacanth Gum
MP BiomedicalsTragacanth is a polysaccharide mixture containing tragacanthin and bassorin. It is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern legumes of the genus Astragalus, including A. adscendens, A. gummifer, A. brachycalyx, and A. tragacanthus. Tragacanth is used in…
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Alginic Acid from Macrocystis pyrifera
MP BiomedicalsAlginate, a colloidal polyuronic acid structural molecule capable of gelation, is used in the preparation of colloidal biodegradable structures such as gels, biofilms, beads, nanoparticles, and microcapsules suitable for applications that range from gel based separation technologies to drug…