Lactic acid is fermentation acid from milk or carbohydrates. It occurs in the blood and muscle fluid of man and animals. The lactic acid concentration increases in muscle and blood after vigorous activity. It is also present in other organs including liver, kidney, and thymus gland, and other body…

Fibrinogen has been used in studies of haemostatic therapy in surgical and massive trauma patients. These studies have shown that fibrinogen may prove to be more superior in stopping blood loss when compared to using fresh frozen plasma (FFP). Fibrinogen is a blood protein that is involved in…

Hydrocortisone 21 acetate is a drug which inhibits or suppresses most inflammatory responses of an allergic, bacterial, traumatic or anaphylactic origin, as well as being immunosuppressant. They include the corticosteroids (e.g. betamethasone, dexamethasone, fluorometholone, hydrocortisone acetate,…

Lysozyme (muramidase) hydrolyzes preferentially the b-1,4 glucosidic linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglucosamine which occur in the mucopeptide cell wall structure of certain microorganisms, such as Micrococcus lysodeikticus. Lysozyme has been used for lysing E. coli and…

Sulforhodamine B is a fluorescent dye. Sulforhodamine B can be used as a protein tag - by sulfamido condensation with a proteinaceous substrate containing a primary amine function. Sulforhodamine B will fluoresce red. Because of its red fluorescence it can be used in conjuction with fluorescein…

Esculin Monohydrate protects cells against DNA damage and reduces ROS levels. It is also a carcinogenesis inhibitor and displays vitamin P activity. Esculin is a coumarin glycoside that demonstrates antioxidant activitites and protection against chemically-induced carcinogenesis. Esculin is…

Ciprofloxacin is a fluorinated quinolone antibacterial agent which is highly effective against a broad spectrum of bacteria and mycoplasma. Ciprofloxacin is most commonly used to treat infections of the skin, bone, sinus, lung, abdomen, and bladder. It can also be used to treat some sexually…

A red, anionic xanthene dye, has been used as a contrast or counter stain to hematoxylin, crystal violet and other nuclear stains, in both plant and animal tissue. Erythrosin B sodium salt is used as a counter stain to hematoxylin, crystal violet and other nuclear stains, in both plant and…

P2 purinergic agonist; increases activity of Ca2+-activated K+ channels; substrate for ATP-dependent enzyme systems. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and its phosphate bonds are the basic components of energy exchange in many biological systems.

Trypsin inhibitor from soybeans is a monomeric protein containing 181 amino acid residues in a single polypeptide chain crosslinked by two disulfide bridges. Reversible serine protease inhibitor Inhibits factor Xa, trypsin, chymotrypsin, kallikrein and plasmin One unit will inhibit…

(+/-)-Epinephrine is also known as adrenaline and is a hormone as well as a neurotransmitter that is part of a group of monoamines called catecholamines. It is used medically to treat a number of cardiac and respiratory conditions as well as serving as a local anesthetic. …

Dihydrostreptomycin Sulfate is an aminoglycoside antibiotic. It inhibits protein synthesis by interfering with translation. Used in aminoglycoside uptake studies Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis at the level of the 30S ribosomal subunit and the 16S rRNA Preparation Method: Add the…

Fibrinogen is a blood protein that is involved in clotting and is converted to fibrin by thrombin. Fibrinogen has an approximate molecular weight of 340 kDa. It consists of three non-identical pairs of disulfidebonded chains. The a-chain has an approximate molecular weight of 63.5 kDa, the b-chain…

Hematoxylin is Gill’s Formulation 2; a nuclear counter stain of blue-violet color. It is extracted from the heartwood of the logwood tree. When oxidized it forms haematein, a compound that forms strongly coloured complexes with certain metal ions, the most notable ones being Fe(III) and…