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…

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…

Chloroquine Diphosphate salt is a member of the quinolone family and a lysosomotropic agent (accumulate inside the acidic parts of the cell). This accumulation leads to inhibition of lysosomal enzymes that require an acidic pH, and prevents fusion of endosomes and lysosomes. Chloroquine…

Lysozyme (muramidase) hydrolyzes preferentially the β-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. Extracts group specific antigens …

Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate is a reagent used in the manufacturing of iron compounds, in electroplating baths, aluminium etching, process engraving and lithography, and in redox polymerisation. It is used as a reducing agent in chemical processes, leather dyes and writing inks. Also, it is a…

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

2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-Cyclodextrin are non-toxic solubilizers. The solubility of drugs increases linearly with the concentration of 2-Hydroxypropyl-b-cyclodextrin in aqueous buffer. The formation of drug/cyclodextrin complexes is a rapidly reversible reaction and complexes exist both in solution and…

Chromium potassium sulfate is the potassium double sulfate of chromium. Chromium alum is used in the tanning of leather. It was also used in gelatine emulsions in photographic film as hardener.

p-Iodonitrotetazolium Violet is used as a electron acceptor for the colorimetric assay of various dehydrogenases.

Cellulase refers to a group of enzymes which, acting together, hydrolyze cellulose. The b-glucosidases, including cellobiose, are primarily active on the smaller molecular weight cellulose hydrolysates. During cellulose breakdown they are active on the dimers and oligomers of cellulose. …

Putrescine is a GABA precursor in many biological systems and synthon for amido-ureas.

Pancreatin is a digestive enzyme produced by the pancreas and delivered to the small intestine for the hydrolysis of complex nutrients. Pancreatin contains enzymatic components including trypsin, amylase and lipase, ribonuclease, and protease, produced by the exocrine cells of the porcine pancreas.…

Paraformaldehyde (PFA) is the smallest polyoxymethylene. It is polymerization product of formaldehyde. Paraformaldehyde has been used in the past for disinfecting sickrooms, clothing, linen and sickroom utensils. It has been used as a fumigant and in manufacturing synthetic resins & as a…

L-Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Salt is a vitamin widely distributed in the plant and animal kingdom. L-Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Salt is used as an antimicrobial and antioxidant in foodstuffs, a reductant for the isolation of chloroplasts. It has an effect on the nonspecific immune system. It preserves…

Linoleic acid (LA) is an unsaturated n-6 fatty acid; it belongs to one of the two families of essential fatty acids. The body cannot synthesize linoleic acid from other food components. Linoleic acid can be used to show the antioxidant effect of natural phenols.

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…

L-Glutamic Acid is a non-essential amino acid for human development; referred to as an excitatory amino acid (EAA) due to its role in neurotransmission. Acts as a neurotransmitter at fast synapses; agonist at kainate, NMDA and quisqualate receptors. L-Glutamic acid is one of the two amino acids…

Lanthanum chloride is used to precipitate phosphate from solutions. Lanthanum chloride is also used in biochemical research to block the activity of divalent cation channels, mainly calcium channels. Calcium channel blocker.

Indomethacin, an anti-inflammatory agent, inhibits Cox-1 and Cox-2 (cyclooxygenases) with selectivity for Cox-1 (IC50 of 230 nM) over Cox-2 (IC50 of 630 nM). Additionally, Indomethacin displays adipogenic actions via binding and activation of PPARγ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor…

Guanosine-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)…

Protein A is a highly stable surface receptor which is capable of binding the Fc portion of immunoglobulins, especially IgGs, from a large number of species. Each protein A molecule can bind 2 molecules of IgG, allowing the formation of a precipitate. Protein A may be coupled to a wide variety…

Diatomaceous Earth, Acid-washed is an inert material. Diatomaceous earth acid-washed is used as a filtration aid. It is suitable for most routine filtrations.

Potassium phosphate is a reagent with high buffering capacity. It occurs in several forms: monobasic, dibasic and tribasic. Most pH neutral potassium phosphate buffer solutions consist of mixtures of the monobasic and dibasic forms to varying degrees, depending on the desired pH. Potassium…

Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide is a phase transfer catalyst ideal for the precipitation of DNA. Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide is a bactericidal, cationic detergent. Its activity is neutralized by soaps and anionic detergents (i.e., SDS). Trimethylammonium bromide compounds form insoluble…

Collagenases 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,…

Sodium sulfide is used in the formation of surface functionalized cadmium sulfide quantum dots.

Sodium metasilicate nonahydrate is white powder, mainly used in detergent/washing industry, metal cleaner and ceramic industry. In detergent/washing industry, it can be used instead of Sodium triphosphate to raise cleaning efficiency and reduce enviroment pollution, provide excellent alkaline…

HFBA is a strong acid and an ion-pairing agent. The strong acidity of HFBA ensures that other acidic groups such as carboxylic acid moieties on biomolecules remain protonated, and thus the samples are able to interact with organic solvents in such processes as reverse phase chromatography. The…

Gum Arabic can be branched polymer of galactose, rhamnose, arabinose, and glucuronic acid as the calcium, magnesium, and potassium salts. It is used in textiles, ceramics, lithography, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. In the food industry, acacia is mainly used as confectionery, bakery, dairy,…

p-Toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate is an organic-soluble acid catalyst in organic synthesis. The catalyst has been incorporated in the esterification of carboxylic acids or transesterification of esters. p-Toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate has been used as a reducing agent for the reductive…

Sodium Orthovanadate is a potent alkaline phosphate inhibitor. Sodium Orthovanadate is used in the diabetes study. Sodium orthovandate was used to prepare the stop solution in dephosphorylation assay of insulin receptor kinase. It was one of the reagents used in the development of Matrix ChIP…

Lidocaine is a selective inverse peripheral histamine H1-receptor agonist with an IC50 of >32 μM. Lidocaine is also an anasthetic and class Ib antiarrhythmic agent. This compund is known to block voltage-gated sodium channels in the inactivated state. Lidocaine is a second-generation…