DNA-Erase™ is a non-alkaline, non-corrosive and non-carcinogenic cleansing solution that is highly active against DNA contamination and is intended for use at PCR workstations for eliminating PCR artifacts from all laboratory surfaces, including benchtops, apparatus and pipettors. Presence of…

Tween 80 is a polyethylene sorbitol ester, non ionic surfactant and an emulsifier derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and oleic acid. Tween 80 has been widely used in biochemical applications including: solubilizing proteins, isolating nuclei from cells in culture, growing of tubercule…

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…

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…

Polyethyleneimine is a branched chain polymer having a ratio of 1:2:1 of primary:secondary:tertiary amines with a branching site every 3 to 3.5 nitrogen atoms and a base structure of (CH₂CH₂NH)x. The nitrogen atoms must be protonated to achieve cationic charge, so the cationic…

Polysorbate 20 is typically used as an emulsifying agent for the preparation of stable oil-in-water emulsions, particularly in pharmaceutical applications. It has been used in pre-extraction of membranes to remove peripheral proteins. It has been used as a blocking agent on nitrocellulose. …

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…

Mineral Oil is a colorless, odorless mixture of alkanes from a mineral source. It is often used as an inert overlay to minimize evaporation in molecular biology applications, including PCR, but has many other applications in other research fields.

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,…

Polysorbate 20 is typically used as an emulsifying agent for the preparation of stable oil-in-water emulsions, particularly in pharmaceutical applications. It is also used in pre-extraction of membranes to remove peripheral proteins & as a blocking agent on nitrocellulose at a typical…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

Safflower oil is a raw oil without preservative. Safflower oil is used for preventing heart disease, including “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis) and stroke. It is also used to treat fever, tumors, coughs, breathing problems, clotting conditions, pain, heart disease, chest…

Squalene, an isoprenoid compound structurally similar to beta-carotene, is an intermediate metabolite in the synthesis of cholesterol. Squalene is not very susceptible to peroxidation and appears to function in the skin as a quencher of singlet oxygen, protecting human skin surface from lipid…