Cobalt chloride is utilized in commercial applications such as electroplating, catalyst preparation, painting on glass and porcelain, and in the manufacture of vitamin B12. It is also used as a humidity and water indicator; when cobalt chloride is used with desiccants, it will change from blue to…

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…

Fast blue B salt is useful for TLC of Aflatoxins. Fast Blue B is a diazonium salt used as a tissue stain.

N-(1-Naphthyl)ethylenediamine, dihydrochoride is used for colorimetric determination of sulfonamide in blood. It is used for spectrophotometric determiniation of nitrite and nitrate. It is also used as a coupling agent for the spectrophotometric determination of aminophenols, phenylenediamines,…

Creatinine, the end product of creatine catabolism is a normal constituent of urine; daily output about 25 mg/kg body weight. The increased amounts in the urine are typically associated with substantially impaired renal function. Also found together with creatine in muscle tissues and blood. It…

The molecule is a dialdehyde, consisting of two formyl (CHO) groups attached to adjacent carbon centres on a benzene ring. o-Phthalaldehyde is used for precolumn derivatization of amino acids for HPLC separation and for flow cytometric measurements of protein thiol groups. Used for fluorometric…

Folic acid, also known as folate, is a B vitamin that can be found in a variety of fruits and vegetables. Can be chemically synthesized Water soluble Exhibits metal binding properties Folic acid (Vitamin B9 and folate) is essential to numerous bodily functions. The human body needs…

Boric acid has a single boron; its salt forms complex equilibria in solution, with the ion B4O7-2 being the predominant species. Boric acid is used for weatherproofing wood and fireproofing fabrics; as a preservative; manufacturing of cements, crockery, porcelain, enamels, glass, borates,…

Nalidixic acid sodium salt is an antibacterial agent (synthetic quinolone antibiotic), which is inhibitor of bacterial DNA polymerase (DNA gyrase) & avian myeloblastoma virus reverse transcriptase. Inhibits nucleic acid and protein synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Typically used at a…

Chitosan is a cationic marine polymer derived form the shells of crustaceans (e.g., crabs). MP's chitosan is a partially de-acetylated chitin formed by the reaction of chitin with concentrated alkali. Chitin is a high molecular weight linear polymer of anhydro-N-acetyl-glucosamine. Chitin…

Sodium pyruvate is utilized as a component in culture broth and media. The use of sodium pyruvate in Wallen fermentation medium to enhance the conversion of oleic acid to 10-ketostearic acid by Bacillus sphaericus has been described. A protocol that uses sodium pyruvate to establish stably…

Sulfanilamide is a molecule containing the sulfonamide functional group attached to an aniline. As a sulfonamide antibiotic, it functions by competitively inhibiting (i.e., by acting as a substrate analogue) enzymatic reactions involving para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA). PABA is needed in enzymatic…

β-estradiol is a potent mammalian estrogenic hormone produced by the ovary. Triggers the production of gonadotropins leading to ovulation. β-Estradiol is used to study cell differentiation and transformations (tumorigenicity). The pharmacology and HPLC determination of β-Estradiol…

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…

Protamine sulfate is a purified mixture of simple protein principles obtained from the sperm or testes of suitable species of fish, which has the property of neutralizing heparin. Because of having much basic amino acids (mostly arginine) protamine contains far greater nitrogen than other proteins.…

L-Lysine is an essential proteinogenic α amino acid. It contains an N-butyl amino group in the side chain, and this moiety is protonated at physiological pH. In addition, L-lysine is one of the two amino acids that are degraded to give ketone bodies (a ketogenic amino acid). L-Lysine is…

p-Aminobenzoic acid is an organic compound used in the treatment of fibrotic skin disorders like Peyronie's disease. It is employed as an intermediate in the synthesis of folate (Vitamin BX), azo dyes and cross linking agents. It is also useful in biomedical sector for the preparation of local…

Pullulan, edible plastic excellent in adhesivenss and film formability. Pullulan is a natural neutral polysaccharide produced from starch by cultivating a black yeast. Pullulan has been used in a study to assess bone tissue engineering. It has also been used in a study that investigated anti-fog applications.

Thiamine (Vitamin B1) is one of the essential vitamins and is required for carbohydrate metabolism. Thiamine hydrochloride is used as a food-additive to add a brothy/meaty flavor to gravies or soups. It is also used as food supplement. Used in fluorometric determination of mercury.

Lactase is an enzyme preparation produced by Aspergillus oryzae fermentation. Hydrolyzes Lactose Produces β-D-Galactose and a-D-Glucose One unit will hydrolyze 1.0 µmole of o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactoside to o-nitrophenol per minute at pH 4.5 and 30°C …

MF: 140.14 CAS: 934-00-9 Purity: 0.97

o-Nitrophenyl-β-D-galactoside (ONPG) is a colorimetric substrate for b-galactosidase. This product is hydrolyzed to o-nitrophenol by the enzyme. o-Nitrophenol is yellow in alkaline solution and can be quantitated at 410-420 nm 2 . o-Nitrophenyl-β-D-galactoside is a cell culture…

β-Mercaptoethylamine is a useful antioxidant .It is experimentally used as a radioprotective agent and It is also used to produce acute and chronic duodenal ulcers in rats and as an antidote to acetaminophen. β-Mercaptoethylamine derived from cysteine degradation is the simplest stable…

Folic acid, also known as folate, is a B vitamin that can be found in a variety of fruits and vegetables. It can also be chemically synthesized. Folate, a watersoluble vitamin, helps the body form red blood cells and aids in the formation of genetic material within every body cell. Folic Acid is a…

Alcian Blue 8GX is a cationic dye used to quantitatively determine glycosaminoglycans by forming insoluble complexes in solution. Alcian Blue 8GX can be used to determine proteins based on their Resonance Light Scattering by strongly enhancing the signals. It is useful as a bacterial stain, and as…

Physiological chelating agent for heavy metals. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson′s disease. It is used as a copper chelator to form mixed disulfides with cysteine or other sulfide media components. It is used to inactivate protein-1 DNA binding and to…

Cholesterol is the principal sterol of the higher animals, found in all body tissues. It is the main constituent of gallstones and all biological membranes. Approximately 25% of total brain lipid is cholesterol. Cholesterol is suitable for use in liposome preparations.

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. …

Lidocaine is the first amino amide–type local anesthetic. Lidocaine is used topically to relieve itching, burning and pain from skin inflammations, injected as a dental anesthetic or as a local anesthetic for minor surgery. A common local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug. Na+ channel…

Coomassie Blue R-250 is a triphenylmethane dye used extensively in SDS-PAGE for the analysis of proteins. Brilliant Blue R has been used for many years for staining proteins on polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels. Improvement of sensitivity and background have been accomplished using Brilliant…

Thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reaction has been used to detect lipid oxidation. When lipids are oxidized, malonaldehyde is formed. TBA reacts with malonaldehyde in hot acid to form a red complex of malonaldehyde:TBA (1:2). Used to quantitate lipopolysaccharides, carrageenan, and sialic acids; used…

Fluorescent Brightner 28 is a colorless organic compound that fluoresces (clear bluish) under ultraviolet radiation. It is related structurally to Fluorescent Brightner 9 (Calcofluor White MR) which was used by Jefferies and Belcher and Maeda and Ischida in plant tissue studies. Fluorescent…