2-Merceptoethanol is used to reduce disulfide bonds and can act as a biological antioxidant by scavenging hydroxyl radicals. 2-Merceptoethanol is used to reduce disulfide linkages in solubilizing proteins for gel electrophoresis. 2-mercaptoethanol is readily oxidized in air to a disulfide,…

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…

Xylene is used in Giemsa cell staining protocols. Xylene is used as a solvent in pharmaceutical, printing, rubber, and leather industries. It is an important component of ink, rubber and adhesives as well as in thinning paints and varnishes. It is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice…

Eosin Y, a red xanthene dye, has been noted to reduce the affinity of Mg2+- ATPase for ATP and increase the enzyme affinity for Mg2+ at concentrations of 10-50 μM. At higher concentrations near 100 μM the affinity for Mg2+- ATPase for the ion-activator has been shown to be reduced. This…

Calcium and magnesium support cell adhesion. Hanks' Balanced Salts (Modified), without Magnesium and Calcium, is used to minimize cell attachment or aggregation.

Hydrochloric acid is used as a laboratory reagent, for pickling of steel, in production of organic and inorganic compounds, for pH control and neutralization, used in the regeneration of ion exchange resins, in the production of food, food ingredients, and food additives. Chlorine source for safer,…

Percoll® is a medium for density gradient centrifugation of cells, viruses and subcellular particles. Percoll® is composed of colloidal silica coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), which renders the material completely non-toxic and ideal for use with biological materials. Centrifugation…

Spray on and rinse off for an Rnase-free surface! Completely removes Rnase contamination from bench tops, glass and plasticware. Rnase Erase is nontoxic and comes packaged with an adjustable spray bottle for for ease of use. Applications RNase ERASE® reagent is a precisely formulated,…

Heat Inactivated. This serum is collected from whole blood from healthy individuals.

1× McCoy 5A Medium, Iwakata & Grace Modification with L-Glutamine is excellent for the propagation of leukocytes, biopsy tissues, a broad range of human and rat normal and transformed cell types, and the most demanding primary and continuous cell lines. McCoy’s media were…

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…

Glycerol is a simple polyol compound. 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…

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.

2-Mercaptoethanol is a hybrid of ethylene glycol and 1,2-ethanedithiol. It is used to reduce disulfide bonds and can act as a biological antioxidant by scavenging hydroxyl radicals. It is widely used because the hydroxyl group confers solubility in water and lowers the volatility. Due to its…

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…

Phosphate Buffered Salts, Dulbecco's Formula (DPBS) is a balanced salt solution (BSS) used for the handling and culturing of mammalian cells. DPBS is used to to irrigate, wash, and dilute mammalian cells. Phosphate buffering maintains the pH in the physiological range. Calcium and magnesium…

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…

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…

Benzyl alcohol (BnOH) is a monoaromatic primary alcohol widely used as a solvent and an intermediate in cosmetic formulations, pharmaceutical and flavor/fragrance industries. It shows bacteriostatic property. Commercial method for its synthesis is by the alkaline hydrolysis of benzyl chloride.…

Liqui-Gel is a 40% (w/v) solution of Ultra Pure Acrylamide (38.96%) and bis-Acrylamide (1.04%) in specially-prepared deionized water. Final ratio is 37.5:1. Acrylamide decomposes in the presence of acids, bases, oxidizing agents, iron, and iron salts. It decomposes non-thermally to form…

Acetic anhydride is a reagent that is used in the manufacturing of acetyl compounds and cellulose acetates. It is also utilized as a solvent in the examination of wool fat, glycerol, fatty and volatile oils, and resins. In the synthesis of organic compounds, acetic anhydride is used in various…

Hexadecane (n-Hexadecane) is an aliphatic long-chain hydrocarbon. It is a reference fuel with the cetane number 100 and is employed in determining the cetane number of diesel fuels. The mechanism of the oxidation of hexadecane in the gas-phase has been described. The density, speed of sound,…

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…

SDS is an anionic detergent used to solubilize and denature protein for Protein Electrophoresis & Blotting. SDS has also been used in large-scale phenol extraction of RNA to promote the dissociation of protein from nucleic acids when extracting from biological material. Surfactant used for…

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…

RPMI 1640 was originally developed by Moore and his colleagues at Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI). It was based on the RPMI 1630 line of media which utilized a bicarbonate buffering system and alterations in the amounts of amino acids and vitamins. A Dutch Modification of RPMI 1640 is also…

Liqui-Gel™ 29:1 is a 40% (w/v) solution of Ultra Pure Acrylamide (38.67%) and bis-Acrylamide (1.33%) in specially-prepared deionized water. Final ratio is 29:1. The solution is used in protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis.

Glycerol is a simple polyol compound which is a viscous liquid that is widely used in pharmaceutical formulations. It has three hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature. It is a trihydroxy sugar alcohol that is an intermediate in carbohydrate and…

Chlorhexidine digluconate, a bis(biguanide) family cationic broad spectrum antibiotic is an antiseptic and disinfectant agent. It is effective against a wide range of bacteria, some fungi and some viruses, and an agent for the prevention of gingivitis. Chlorhexidine digluconate solution inhibits…

SSC Buffer is used in electrophoresis and in sedimentation studies of DNA-histone aggregates. SSC is used as a hybridization buffer in immunoblotting and DNA Microarray protocols. Molecular Biology Grade

Glycerol triacetate is used as a food additive and as a solvent in flavorings. It acts as an excipient in pharmaceutical products where it is used as a humectant and a plasticizer. It is also used as a fuel additive, as an antiknock agent, adhesives and sealant chemicals, fillers, intermediates and…