Potassium chloride is a salt commonly used in the preparation of phosphate buffered saline and for the extraction and solubilization of proteins. It is a good potassium source. Also used in the hypotonic KCl-propidium iodide protocol for univariate analysis of metaphase chromosomes ; dissociation…

N-Acetyl-ß-D-mannosamine hydrate is used as a substrate to identify, differentiate and characterize enzymes such as N-acetyl-glucosamine epimerase(s) and aldolase(s). N-Acetyl-D-mannosamine is used for the synthesis of of N-acetylneuraminic acid.

Citric acid acts as an iron chelator. It can support cholesterol/sterol, ubiquinone and isoprenoid biosynthesis in cell culture applications. In animals, citric acid improves the utilization of nutritional calcium. It is a useful buffer component.

3,3',5,5'-Tetramethylbenzidine is suitable as peroxidase substrate for use in ELISA procedures. The substrate produces a soluble end product that is pale blue in color and can be read spectrophotometrically at 370 or 620-650 nm. The TMB reaction may be stopped with 2 M H2SO4 (resulting in a…

α-Ketoglutaric acid disodium salt dihydrate is suitable reagent used in a study to investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in mast cell physiology and biochemistry. α-Ketoglutaric acid disodium salt dihydrate (2-Oxoglutaric acid disodium salt) may be used as starting reagent for…

Sodium Acetate is used as a buffer in the buffering range of pH 3.6-5.6.

Resorcinol is an aromatic alcohol used in large scale processes such as tanning, the manufacture of resins and resin adhesives, the production of hexylresorcinol and p-aminosalicylic acid, and the dyeing and printing of textiles.

Bromocresol Green is a dye of the triphenylmethane family (triarylmethane dyes). It binds quantitatively with human albumin forming an intense blue-green complex with an absorbance maximum at 628 nm. Bromocresol Green is useful in a variety of colorimetric detection technologies. It is used as a…

Ricinoleic Acid is used as a substrate for the synthesis of the conjugated linoleic acids.

A chromogenic substrate for Plasmogen Activator Serine Protease

Coomassie® Brilliant Blue R-250 is a fast acting, sensitive dye. Brilliant Blue R can be used for staining proteins on polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels. Improvement of sensitivity and background have been accomplished using Brilliant Blue dyes in a colloidal form. Other applications for…

Ac-DEVD-AFC is a sensitive fluorescent substrate for the assay of caspase-3 activity. The trifluoromethyl substituent of the fluorophore improves the membrane permeability of the substrate.

Melibiose has been used in a study to improve the preparation of benzoylated ethyl 1-thioglycosides. It has also been used in a study to investigate the effect of water plasticization on the molecular mobility and crystallization tendency of amorphous disaccharides.

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid can be used for a tRNA standard and in reactions involving tRNAs, such as assays for tRNA synthetase activity.

Hydrogen peroxide is used as a reagent, disinfectant, antiseptic, and propellant. In synthetic chemistry, H2O2 is used for epoxidation and hydroxylation transformations, and is used as the raw oxidant source for generating more complicated and specific organic/inorganic peroxides.

Pectolyase Y-23 is a highly purified maceration enzyme from Aspergillus niger. It contains two types of pectinase such as endopolygalacturonase and endo-pectin lyase in high activity. Included is a maceration stimulating factor which stimulates tissue maceration by both pectinases. Unit Definition:…

TEMPO is a catalytic oxidant in the iodobenzene diacetae oxidation of nerol to neral. TEMPO has been utilized in the catalytic oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes. TEMPO reacts preferentially with carbon-centered radicals.  

Gentamicin Sulfate Solution is effective against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, as well as mycoplasma.

Citric acid acts as an iron chelator. It can support cholesterol/sterol, ubiquinone and isoprenoid biosynthesis in cell culture applications. In animals, citric acid improves the utilization of nutritional calcium. It is a useful buffer component.

Sodium Potassium Tartrate Tetrahydrate

Used for washing spheroplasts and in isoelectric focusing to minimize endoosmotic flow in agarose gels. May be used to induce osmotic stress.

Tetracyline inhibits gram-positive, gram-negative and mycoplasma. It is used in tetracycline controlled gene expression systems (gene switches) such as the tet-on and tet-off systems. It is also used to select tetracyline resistant colonies in cell culture.

Ninhydrin is used for the detection of free amino groups in amino acids, peptides and proteins and in assay of peptides, amino acids, amino sugars and amines. It is commonly used for the development of fingermarks on porous surfaces and is often used in comparison with other latent fingerprint…

Bromophenol blue is a tracking dye for alkaline and neutral buffer systems. It is used as a tracking dye in DNA, RNA (agarose) and protein (polyacrylamide) gel electrophoresis. Bromophenol blue migrates at approximately the same rate as 300-500bp DNA in agarose gel and at the buffer front in…

Adenine has a wide range of chemical and biochemical roles in vivo and in vitro. It is a regulatory molecule and a component of DNA, RNA, cofactors (NAD, FAD) and signaling molecules (cAMP). It is used as a blood preservative and in viral research.

Cholic acid is used in the solubilization of membrane-bound proteins in their native state. It is a component for the preparation of liposomes. It has also been used in a study to investigate the elastic deformable vesicles, transfersomes, for transdermal drug delivery.

Aldolase is used in an hydrazine assay based on Boyer's modification in which 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde reacts with hydrazine to form a hydrazone which absorbs at 240 nm.

Epidermal Growth Factor, Human, Recombinant is a recombinant analog of human epidermal growth factor (EGF) that provides a potent and cost-effective mitogen for cell culture applications. It is ideal for both research and large-scale culture systems utilizing serum-free or low-level serum…

Broad spectrum nucleoside antibiotic. Inhibits protein synthesis in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Suitable for selection of cells carrying plasmids conferring blasticidin resistance. Blasticidin S inhibits hydrolysis of peptidyl-tRNA induced by release factors. It enhances the binding of…

Oxalic Acid Dihydrate

Cellulase is used for protoplast preparations. This enzyme shows a very high filter paper decomposing activity, as well as, appreciable xylanase and hemicellulase activity. It is an effective enzyme for use with pectolyase Y-23 for plant cell wall removal. It has been used in a study to assess the…

Ethyl acetate is used primarily as a solvent and diluent. Ethyl Acetate is suitable for HPLC, spectrophotometry, environmental testing.