Methionine is one of the common sulfur-containing amino acids. Methionine is a common methyl-group donor to various substrates, such as creatine, epinephrine, ergosterol, and choline. L-Methionine is used as an essential amino acid for human development and therapeutically acts as an antidote…

Sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) is the most commonly available borohydride, synthesized by reacting methylborate with sodium hydride in mineral oil. It is employed as a precursor for producing other metal borohydrides. Various approaches for qualitative and quantitative monitoring of sodium…

Ammonium persulfate is a strong oxidizing agent. It is a radical initiator. Ammonium persulfate is a polymerization catalyst used with TEMED for polyacrylamide gel formation. APS has also been utilized to study protein-protein interactions via photoinitiated crosslinking chemistry. Other…

L-Cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate (LCHCMH) is a water soluble salt of the non-essential amino acid, L-cysteine. Widely employed in the medicine industry Thermodynamic features of a solution of LCHCMH in water have been reported NMDA glutamatergic receptor antagonist L-Cysteine…

Phenolphthalein can be used in a 1% alcoholic solution as an indicator in titrations of mineral and organic acids and most alkalies. Not suitable for ammonia. Very sensitive to CO₂; and, in estimating carbonates, the liquid must be boiled. Borax can be titrated with phenolphthalein as an…

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…

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 azide is used as a preservative for laboratory reagents; a bacteriostatic agent in storage solutions. Inhibits gram negative flora so is therefore included in culture media for the selective isolation of Streptococci and Staphylococci. It has been used to avoid bacterial contamination during…

L-Tryptophan is an amino acid precursor of serotonin and melatonin.

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, followed by the chemical suffix -ol for an alcohol, is an organic chemical…

Trichloroacetic acid is an acetic acid analogue commonly used to precipitate proteins, DNA and RNA. In the presence of SDS Trichloroacetic acid will precipitate proteins which can then be quantified by the Lowry method. The compound has also found uses as a decalcifier and fixative in microscopy,…

N-Acetyl-L-cysteine is an acetylated amino acid with antioxidant and mucolytic properties. Dissipates disulfide bonds across mucoproteins Loosening and clearning the viscosity of sputum Increases cellular pools of free radical scavengers N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine is a mucolytic agent for…

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.

Cetylpyridinium chloride is used is in some types of mouthwashes, toothpastes, lozenges, throat sprays, breath sprays, and nasal sprays. It is an antiseptic that kills bacteria and other microorganisms. It has been shown to be effective in preventing dental plaque and reducing gingivitis.

Ferrous Ammonium Sulfate is often employed as an analytical standard, and has been used in a variety of other applications from nanomaterials to general redox reactions. It is used for titration purposes.

Potassium Iodide is known as Potassium Salt of Hydriodic Acid [HI], available in white crystalline powder form. It is a mild reducing agent and can be easily oxidized to Iodine by powerful oxidizing agent like chlorine. With elemental iodine it forms I3 (tri iodide), the salts of tri iodide are…

Sorbic acid (2,4-hexadienoic acid) is a straight chain unsaturated fatty acid. It is an antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial action of sorbic acid is due to its inhibitory influence on various enzymes in the microbial cell such as enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism such as enolase and…

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…

Ammonium Molybdate Tetrahydrate is an analgesic.

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,…

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,…

Potassium Iodide is known as Potassium Salt of Hydriodic Acid [HI]. Its Ionic form is K+ I-, and iodide ion being mild reducing agent, it can be easily oxidized to Iodine by powerful oxidizing agent like chlorine. Potassium iodide is often used as a fluorescence quencher. The use of KI to…

L-Asparagine is used in cell culture media and is a component of MEM non-essential amino acids solution. L-Asparagine has been shown to enhance ornithine decarboxylase activity in cultured human colon adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cells and in cultured IEC-6 intestinal epithelial cells. Spore germination…

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.…

Hemoglobin is the major component of red blood cells, and is responsible for their red color. Native hemoglobin from bovine erythrocytes. A major oxygen-transporting component of red blood cells Its normal concentration in erythrocytes is 34%. Hemoglobin is the most important respiratory protein of…

Sodium metabisulfite is an antioxidant reducing agent, with antimicrobial and antifungal properties. Gastric tissue studies report that sodium metabisulfite can augment lipid peroxidation and apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. Sodium metabisulfite is used as an active ingredient in campden…

Glycine is a non-chiral amino acid that can be synthesized in the body from the amino acid serine by Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase. Acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter Shown to block NMDA-stimulated dopamine release in fetal mesencephalic cell cultures Increase NMDA-receptor…

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…

β-Sitosterol is a common plant steroid that possesses anticholesteremic properties. β-Sitosterol has recently been shown to induce G2/M arrest, endoreduplication, and apoptosis through the Bcl-2 and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways.

Ascorbic Acid, also known as Vitamin C, is a six-carbon lactone produced by plants and some animal species but not by humans and other primates. Protects cells against the damaging effects of radiation and oxygen radicals Increases the rate of mineralization in osteoblasts Involved in…

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…

Sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous is a sodium salt of phosphoric acid. It is a white powder that is highly hygroscopic and water soluble. Sodium phosphate dibasic has been used for preparing phosphate buffer which in turn is utilized in X-gal staining. Sodium phosphate dibasic is an…