agarose
a high–molecular-weight polysaccharide from seaweed used as a solidifying agent in microbial cultures (agar) and in gel electrophoresis. | ||||
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Agarose
High-molecular-weight polysaccharide used as a separation medium in biochromatography. It is used in bead form, often in gel-filtration chromatography with aqueous mobile phases.
High-molecular-weight polysaccharide used as a separation medium in biochromatography. It is used in bead form, often in gel-filtration chromatography with aqueous mobile phases.
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Agar
Agar is a gelatinous substance chiefly used as a culture medium for microbiological work. It is an unbranched polysaccharide obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae or seaweed. It can be used as a laxative, a vegetarian gelatin substitute, a thickener for soups, in jellies, ice cream and Japanese desserts such as anmitsu, as a clarifying agent in brewing, and for paper sizing fabrics. The word agar comes from the Malay word agar-agar (meaning jelly). It is also known as kanten or agal-agal (Ceylon agar). Chemically, agar is a polymer made up of subunits of the sugar galactose. Agar polysaccharides serve as the primary structural support for the algae's cell walls.
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