n-Butanol is useful for the removal of ethidium bromide from DNA purified by CsCl gradient ultracentrifugation. It is also suitable for use in the concentration of dilute nucleic acid solutions by repeated extractions. Increased nucleic acid concentration improves recovery by ethanol precipitation.

Tween 80 is a polyethylene sorbitol ester, non ionic surfactant and an emulsifier derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and oleic acid. Tween 80 has been widely used in biochemical applications including: solubilizing proteins, isolating nuclei from cells in culture, growing of tubercule…

Hexadecane (n-Hexadecane) is an aliphatic long-chain hydrocarbon. It is a reference fuel with the cetane number 100 and is employed in determining the cetane number of diesel fuels. The mechanism of the oxidation of hexadecane in the gas-phase has been described. The density, speed of sound,…

Acetic anhydride is a reagent that is used in the manufacturing of acetyl compounds and cellulose acetates. It is also utilized as a solvent in the examination of wool fat, glycerol, fatty and volatile oils, and resins. In the synthesis of organic compounds, acetic anhydride is used in various…

Dimethyl sulfoxide is a dipolar, aprotic solvent. Has been shown to accelerate strand renaturation (1-10% concentration) and is believed to give the nucleic acid thermal stability against depurination. By heating the solid form to approximately 30°C, the product can be melted without harming…

Ideal for precipitating nucleic acid.

Glycerol is a simple polyol compound. Glycerol is used both in sample preparation and gel formation for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Glycerol (5-10%) increases the density of a sample so that the sample will layer at the bottom of a gel’s sample well. Glycerol is also used to aid…

Hexane is used in laboratory to extract oil and grease contaminants from water and soil for analysis.

Eosin Y, a red xanthene dye, has been noted to reduce the affinity of Mg2+- ATPase for ATP and increase the enzyme affinity for Mg2+ at concentrations of 10-50 μM. At higher concentrations near 100 μM the affinity for Mg2+- ATPase for the ion-activator has been shown to be reduced. This…

Xylene is used in Giemsa cell staining protocols. Xylene is used as a solvent in pharmaceutical, printing, rubber, and leather industries. It is an important component of ink, rubber and adhesives as well as in thinning paints and varnishes. It is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice…

1,4 Butanediol and its derivatives are used in the manufacturing of technical plastics, polyurethanes, solvents, electronic chemicals and elastic fibers.

2-Mercaptoethanol is a hybrid of ethylene glycol and 1,2-ethanedithiol. It is used to reduce disulfide bonds and can act as a biological antioxidant by scavenging hydroxyl radicals. It is widely used because the hydroxyl group confers solubility in water and lowers the volatility. Due to its…

A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum.Most often, mineral oil is a liquid by-product of the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline and other…

Hydrochloric acid is used as a laboratory reagent, for pickling of steel, in production of organic and inorganic compounds, for pH control and neutralization, used in the regeneration of ion exchange resins, in the production of food, food ingredients, and food additives. Chlorine source for safer,…

Dimethyl sulfoxide is a dipolar, aprotic solvent. Has been shown to accelerate strand renaturation (1-10% concentration) and is believed to give the nucleic acid thermal stability against depurination. Dimethyl sulfoxide is used to enhance dermal absorption of many chemicals. A solvent for many…

2-Merceptoethanol is used to reduce disulfide bonds and can act as a biological antioxidant by scavenging hydroxyl radicals. 2-Merceptoethanol is used to reduce disulfide linkages in solubilizing proteins for gel electrophoresis. 2-mercaptoethanol is readily oxidized in air to a disulfide,…

Acetone is a commonly used material in the manufacture of various chemicals like methyl isobutyl ketone, mesityl oxide, diacetone alcohol, acetic acid (via the ketene process), iodoform, and bromoform. Other products where acetone is utilized in manufacture include rayon, photographic films, and…

Propylene glycol is a clear, colorless and hygroscopic liquid. Propylene glycol contains an asymmetrical carbon atom, so it exists in two stereoisomers. The freezing point of water is depressed when mixed with propylene glycol due to increased opportunity for hydrogen bonding. Propylene glycol…

Glycerol is a simple polyol compound which is a viscous liquid that is widely used in pharmaceutical formulations. It has three hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature. It is a trihydroxy sugar alcohol that is an intermediate in carbohydrate and…

Xylenes are aromatic hydrocarbons. Xylene is used as a solvent. It is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice to cool reaction vessels, and as a solvent to remove synthetic immersion oil from the microscope objective in light microscopy.

Glycerol is a simple polyol compound which is a viscous liquid that is widely used in pharmaceutical formulations. It has three hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature. It is a trihydroxy sugar alcohol that is an intermediate in carbohydrate and…

Glycerol triacetate is used as a food additive and as a solvent in flavorings. It acts as an excipient in pharmaceutical products where it is used as a humectant and a plasticizer. It is also used as a fuel additive, as an antiknock agent, adhesives and sealant chemicals, fillers, intermediates and…

Safflower oil is a raw oil without preservative. Safflower oil is used for preventing heart disease, including “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis) and stroke. It is also used to treat fever, tumors, coughs, breathing problems, clotting conditions, pain, heart disease, chest…

Sesame oil is a potent antioxidant, which can inhibit DNA damage and lipid peroxidation by 4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide in rats. Studies indicate that Sesame oil can increase wound healing in SKH1 mice when added together with ozone. It is known that Sesame oil is composed of triacylglycerols…

Methyl alcohol is used as industrial solvent; starting material for organic synthesis of formaldehydes, celluloid, textile soap, wood stains, coated fabrics, shatter-proof glass, paper coating, waterproofing formulations, artificial leather, synthetic indigo and other dyes. Methanol is the…

Squalene, an isoprenoid compound structurally similar to beta-carotene, is an intermediate metabolite in the synthesis of cholesterol. Squalene is not very susceptible to peroxidation and appears to function in the skin as a quencher of singlet oxygen, protecting human skin surface from lipid…