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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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Elastase from Porcine Pancreas
MP BiomedicalsElastase is an enzyme from the class of proteases (peptidases) that break down proteins. It hydrolyzes peptide bonds, especially those adjacent to neutral amino acids. Hydrolyses elastin Digests hemoglobin, casein, and fibrin One unit will solublize 1 mg of elastin in 20 minutes at…
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Poly-L-Lysine Hydrobromide
MP BiomedicalsPoly-L-lysine is a positively charged amino acid polymer. Poly-lysine binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. It is typically used as a coating substrate for culture dishes, slides, etc. It enhances electrostatic interaction between negatively charged ions of the cell…
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Dexamethasone
MP BiomedicalsDexamethasone is an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid that induces the production of phospholipase A2 inhibitory protein (lipocortin). It also inhibits induction of nitric oxide synthase (IC50=5 nM). Dexamethasone has been shown to cause reduction in cyclin A and Cdk2 activity, inhibition of G1/S…
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Puromycin Dihydrochloride
MP BiomedicalsPuromycin is an antibiotic of unique structure and biological activity. It is produced by fermentation using Streptomyces albo-niger. There are four aspects of puromycin's biological activity that are 1) antitumor effect; 2) nephrotoxic action; 3) inhibition of purine and/or protein synthesis…
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Collagenase Type II from Clostridium histolyticum
MP BiomedicalsCollagenases degrade native helical collagen fibrils. Plays an important role in connective tissue metabolism Produced by specific cells involved in repairs and remodeling processes Type II enzyme that contains greater clostripain activity Collagenase is used for collagen…
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Collagenase Type I from Clostridium histolyticum
MP BiomedicalsCollagenase is a protease which cleaves the triple-helical protein called collagen. There are three types of tissue collagenases, and these belong to the matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) family. Collagenase from Clostridium histolyticum has extensive use in biological studies, where it is used to…
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Papain from Papaya Latex
MP BiomedicalsPapain is a sulfhydryl protease from Carica papaya latex. Cleaves peptide bonds of basic amino acids, leucine, or glycine Hydrolyzes esters and amides One unit will hydrolyze 1.0 µmole of N-alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester (BAEE) per minute at 25°C and pH 6.2 Papain…
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Lectin, Wheat Germ Agglutinin from Triticum vulgaris
MP BiomedicalsLectins are proteins or glycoproteins of non-immune origin that agglutinate cells and/or precipitate complex carbohydrates. Lectins are capable of binding glycoproteins even in presence of various detergents. The agglutination activity of these highly specific carbohydrate-binding molecules is…
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Indocyanine Green
MP BiomedicalsIndocyanine green (ICG) is a cyanine dye used in medical diagnostics. It is used for determining cardiac output, hepatic function, and liver blood flow, and for ophthalmic angiography. ICG binds tightly to plasma proteins and becomes confined to the vascular system. Indocyanine Green is a…
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Acetyl Coenzyme A Trilithium Salt Trihydrate
MP BiomedicalsAcetyl-CoA is produced via beta-oxidation of fatty acids, via the metabolism of carbohydrates - glucose 6-phosphate to pyruvate to acetyl-CoA and via the catabolism of amino acids. Acetyl-CoA has a number of metabolic opportunities. It is metabolized in the tricarboxylic acid cycle to produce…
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Poly-L-Lysine, MW >=70,000
MP BiomedicalsPoly-lysine is a polycation which binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. It is typically used as a coating substrate for culture dishes, slides, etc. It enhances electrostatic interaction between negatively charged ions of the cell membrane and the culture surface. When…
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Bilverdin Dihydrochloride
MP BiomedicalsBiliverdin Dihydrochloride is a bile pigment component. An oxidized metabolite of bilirubin caused when bilirubin reacts with reactive oxygen species. Biliverdin IX is composed of alpha, beta, gamma and delta isomers. Biliverdin dihydrochloride was found responsible for cytoprotection. It was…
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Proteinase K from Tritirachium album
MP BiomedicalsProteinase K is a highly active stable endopeptidase with a broad spectrum of action was isolated by E. Merk's Darmstadt Biochemical Research Department in 1970 from a culture filtrate of the fungus, Tritirachium album Limber. This fungus is able to grow on Keratin (e.g., wool, horn particles)…
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Poly-L-Lysine Hydrobromide
MP BiomedicalsPoly-L-lysine is a positively charged amino acid polymer. Poly-lysine binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. It is typically used as a coating substrate for culture dishes, slides, etc. It enhances electrostatic interaction between negatively charged ions of the cell…
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Crocetin from Gardenia jasminoides ellis
MP BiomedicalsCrocetin is a natural carotenoid dicarboxylic acid that is found in the crocus flower and Gardenia jasminoides. Crocetin was found to inhibit cell cycle progression at the G2-M phase and pancreatic tumor formation in nude mice. It has been shown to improve postshock recovery of cellular…
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Aprotinin from Bovine Lung
MP BiomedicalsAprotinin is a single chain polypeptide (58 amino-acids) crosslinked by three disulfide bridges, showing competitive and reversible inhibiton of proteolytic and esterolytic activity. Aprotinin forms stable complexes with, and blocks the active sites of serine protease enzymes. It is found in bovine…
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Hyaluronidase from Ovine Testes
MP BiomedicalsHyaluronidase is a glycoprotein containing 5% mannose and 2.17% glucosamine, it catalyzes the random hydrolysis of 1,4-linkages between 2-acetamido- 2-deoxy- β-D-glucose and D-glucose residues in hyaluronate. Hyaluronidase from bovine testes is a tetramer consisting of 4 equal subunits with a…
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Collagenase Type IV from Clostridium histolyticum
MP BiomedicalsCollagenases degrade native helical collagen fibrils. It has an important role in connective tissue metabolism and is produced by specific cells involved in repairs and remodelling processes. Collagenase is used for tissue dissociation combined with other enzymes such as elastase, trypsin,…
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Apoferritin from Horse Spleen
MP BiomedicalsApoferritin is the Protein shell of ferritin. Calibration of gel filtration columns and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Acts as an anti-oxidant When added to cultured endothelial cells apoferritin is taken up in a dose-responsive manner and appears to…
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Etoposide
MP BiomedicalsEtoposide is an important chemotherapeutic agent that is used to treat a wide spectrum of human cancers. It also belongs to the drug type plant alkaloid. The primary cytotoxic target for etoposide is topoisomerase II. This ubiquitous enzyme regulates DNA under- and overwinding, and removes knots…
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Poly-D-Lysine Hydrobromide
MP BiomedicalsPoly-lysine is a polycation which binds to DNA, red cell membrane and any negatively charged protein. When adsorbed to the culture surface, poly-lysine increases the number of positively charged sites available for cell binding. A compromise between the easier to use lower molecular weight products…
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Guanosine-5'-Triphosphate Disodium Salt
MP BiomedicalsGuanosine-5'-triphosphate, a purine nucleotide, is required as a coenzyme for protein biosynthesis in a cell-free system. Guanosine 5′-triphosphate (GTP), a purine trinucleotide, is a substrate for RNA polymerases and a wide range of GTPase including G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)…
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Valinomycin
MP BiomedicalsA metabolite with a broad antibiotic spectrum. Inhibitor of mitochonclrial action. K+-selective ionophoric cyclodepsipeptide; potassium ionophore which uncouples oxidative phosphorylation, induces apoptosis in murine thymocytes, inhibits NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and antagonizes…
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Uridine-5'-Diphosphogalactose Disodium Salt
MP BiomedicalsUridine-5'-diphosphogalactose Disodium Salt is a donor substrate for galactosyltransferases involved in the addition of galatose (galactosylation) molecules to N-linked and O-linked oligosaccharides and glycerolipids(biosynthesis of galactose-containing oligosaccharides). UDP-Gal and its…
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Coenzyme A Trilithium Salt Dihydrate
MP BiomedicalsCoenzyme A is an essential cofactor in enzymatic acetyl transfer reactions. Facilitates removal of lipid peroxides by increasing mobilization of fatty acids Promote repair of plasma membranes by activating phospholipid synthesis The principal biologically active forms of pantothenic…
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Actinomycin D from Streptomyces parvalus
MP BiomedicalsActinomycin D is a polypeptide antibiotic first described by Waksman. It is bacteriostatic in nature, especially towards gram negative bacteria, and also has anti-tumor activity. Actinomycin D has a wide-ranging applications ranging from a selection agent in cell culture, use in studies of…
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Leupeptin Hydrochloride
MP BiomedicalsA modified tripeptide reversible protease inhibitor of trypsin-like proteases and some cysteine proteases including endoproteinase Lys-C, kallikrein, papain, thrombin, cathepsin B, cathepsins H and L, trypsin, calpain, trypsin and plasmin. Little to no inhibition is seen against pepsin, cathepsins…
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Avidin from Egg White, ~10-15 u/mg Protein
MP BiomedicalsAvidin is a basic glycoprotein consisting of four essentially identical subunits. The combined molecular weight of the subunits is about 66,000. Each subunit is a single polypeptide chain containing 128 amino acid residues with alanine at the N-terminal, glutamic acid at the C-terminal, and a…
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Lucifer Yellow CH Dilithium Salt
MP BiomedicalsLucifer Yellow CH is the hydrazine (-NH-CO-NH-NH2) form of the dye compared to Lucifer Yellow VS, which is the vinyl sulfone (-Ph-SO2-CH=CH2) form. It is a highly fluorescent dye useful in marking nerve cells. Lucifer yellow CH has been used to demonstrate electrical coupling between hamster…
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Histone from Calf Thymus
MP BiomedicalsArginine-rich subgroup. Commonly used for chromosome-reconstitution studies. Suitable substrate for protein kinase C.
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Muscimol
MP BiomedicalsMuscimol is a structural analog of γ-amino butyric acid. It functions as a GABA-agonist: a positive analog of the natural transmitter, which can activate GABA receptors in the brain. Muscimol is an isoxazole derivative occurring naturally in the mushroom Amanita muscaria. Muscimol has been…
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L-Pipecolic Acid
MP BiomedicalsL-Pipecolic acid is a proline homolog and lysine metabolite. It occurs in seeds, malt, edible mushrooms, fruits, etc. Defects in its metabolism is involved in hyperpipecolic acidemia, cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome, neonatal onset adrenoleukodystrophy, and infantile Refsum disease. L-pipecolic…