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…

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

FastGro allows culturing cells in vitro without the use of serum and without any animal or human derived compound. FastGro is a fully defined additive, avoiding the need for serum, and used for a wide range of cell culture practices. Since FastGro is chemically defined, it avoids lot-to-lot…

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…

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.

EDTA solution for use as a gentle non-enzymatic cell dissociation reagent.

Phenol red is an acid-base indicator. It is made by condensing two moles of phenol with one mole of o-sulfobenzoic acid anhydride. Phenol Red is used as a pH indicator in cell culture applications. A solution of phenol red will have a yellow color at a pH of 6.4 or below and a red color at a…

MP Biomedicals offers a 1000X sterile filtered solution for use with serum-free media. It has the same composition as Cleveland’s Trace Element I. To be added aseptically to media as a supplement. Prior to use of media, it may be necessary to adjust pH and sterile filter (optional, reduces contamination).

Protein purification reagent Triethanolamine acts as an organic additive in the grinding of cement clinker and as a complexing agent for aluminum ions in aqueous solutions. It is used as an emulsifier and a surfactant. It finds application in common products like dishwashing liquids, general…

TMB is a chromogenic substrate for Horse Radish Peroxidase (HRP). MP Biolomedicals' TMB Solution is a convenient, non toxic and ready to use stable chromogen solution suitable for peroxidase and pseudo-peroxidase reactions in ELISA, it provides consistent performance and sensitivity to deliver…

In many cell culture applications using defined media for the in vitro cultivation of cells, the addition of supplemental nutrients and reagents is required. Additives such as antibiotics, buffers, and stains are frequently used to prevent bacterial contamination, control pH, and visibly monitor…

Stabilized Chromogen Solution - This alkaline phosphatase chromogen solution contains the two components in a stabilized solution which may be used as the final step in color development. The resulting product is a permanent, deep-purple stain. It enhances results in both ELISA and immunohistology…

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…

1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-propanol is polar and exhibits strong hydrogen bonding properties enabling it to dissolve substances that serve as hydrogen-bond acceptors. 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-propanol is a polar solvent of high ionizing power and facilitates Friedel–Crafts-type reactions, using…

Mineral oil is used as an overlay covering microdrops of culture medium in petri dishes, during the culture of oocytes and embryos in IVF and related procedures. It also has its applications in food processing, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless,…

IGEPAL™ CA-630 is a homologous series of octylphenoxypoly(ethyleneoxy)ethanols used for the solubilizing and isolation of membrane proteins. The Igepal CA surfactants are all derived from the same hydrophobic starting material, octylphenol. By increasing the amount of hydrophilic…

Goat serum is a suitable alternative to fetal bovine serum in a wide range of cell culture applications such as the isolation and identification of viruses produced in a variety of primary cell lines. This serum is produced from whole blood collected from healthy adult animals.

CELLect Gold is collected from a U.S.D.A. regulated and monitored abattoir by technicians who work "on-site" where the fetal blood is aseptically collected via cardiac puncture. This raw material is transported to the production facility where it undergoes sterilization via filtration…

Rabbit serum is a component of blood obtained from a rabbit that contains blood plasma without fibrinogen or other clotting factors. Rabbit Serum Combine with BSA to use as a blocking serum in immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry. In immunohistochemistry, antibodies are used to detect…

Triton® X-100 is a alkylaryl polyether alcohol. It is a nonionic surfactant prepared by the reaction of octylphenol with ethylene oxide. The number ("-100") relates only indirectly to the number of ethylene oxide units in the structure. The principal uses of Triton® X-100 is…

2-8 CELLsium is a cytoprotective, protein free, ready-to-use bio-solution without Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) for the short-term storage of cells or tissue. For short-term storage, add cold (2-8 °C) 2-8 CELLsium at a recommended cell concentration of 1 x 10 6 mL to 8 x 10 6 mL. The 2-8 CELLsium…

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…

Donor Horse Serum is suitable for use in diagnostic assays, as a supplement in mycoplasma growth and assay media and for culturing hematopoietic stem cells and neuronal cells. This serum is processed from whole blood collected from a controlled herd of young horses. Each animal is routinely…

Suitability: Suitable for cell culture Key Applications: Cell culture media supplement Product Type: Biochemicals Chemical Class: Antibiotics

Fungus-Derived Proteinase K Purified Recombinant is prepared at 20 mg/mL in 10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM calcium acetate, pH 7.5 containing 50% glycerol. This Molecular Biology Grade Proteinase K solution is extremely effective on native proteins and can be used to rapidly inactivate endogenous nucleases…

Tweens® are a series of nonionic surfactants derived from sorbitan esters. They are soluble or dispersible in water but differ widely in organic and oil solubilities. Used as oil-in-water emulsifiers in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, cleaning compounds, etc. Tween® 80 has been widely used…

To rehydrate the powdered medium, dissolve 29.5 grams in one liter of water. Dispense as desired. Sterilize in the autoclave for 15 minutes at 15 pounds pressure at 121°C (Catalog number 16821 is a pre-sterilized solution). For more rapid growth of pathogenic bacteria, dissolve 1 gram of agar…

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a highly polar aprotic organic reagent that has exceptional solvent properties for organic and inorganic chemicals. Dimethyl Sulfoxide is ideal for use as a cryoprotectant. Also used in chemical reactions, in polymerase chain reactions (PCR) as a PCR cosolvent to…

A buffer solution of HEPES can be prepared by any of several methods. The free acid can be added to water, then titrated with approximately one-half mole equivalent of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide to the desired pH. A simple mixing table for preparing 0.05 M HEPES/NaOH has been…

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 in casting gradient gels and as a protein…

MP Biomedicals offers a 1000X sterile filtered solution for use with serum-free media. It includes selenium, copper, zinc, and iron, as well as ferric citrate for greater stability.

L-glutamine is an essential amino acid that is a crucial component of culture media that serves as a major energy source for cells in culture. L-glutamine is very stable as a dry powder and as a frozen solution. In liquid media or stock solutions, however, L-glutamine degrades relatively rapidly.…