Key Documents

View All Documentation

A4675

Agar

Name: Agar
Brand: SIGMA

Type E, suitable for plant cell culture

Synonym(s):

Agar-agar, Gum agar

Select a Size

Change View

About This Item

Linear Formula:

(C₁₂H₁₈O₉)_n

CAS Number:

9002-18-0

eCl@ss:

42040102

UNSPSC Code:

50405901

NACRES:

NA.21

EC Number:

232-658-1

MDL number:

MFCD00081288

Technical Service

Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.

Let Us Assist

Properties

biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

type

Type E

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

transition temp

transition temp 32-38 °C (1.5%)

application(s)

agriculture

storage temp.

room temp

InChI

1S/C14H24O9/c1-5-8(16)13-11(7(21-5)4-20-13)23-14-10(18)12(19-2)9(17)6(3-15)22-14/h5-18H,3-4H2,1-2H3/t5?,6-,7?,8-,9+,10-,11?,12+,13+,14?/m1/s1

InChI key

GYYDPBCUIJTIBM-DYOGSRDZSA-N

Description

General description

Agar or Type E agar is a thermo-reversible, polysaccharide gelling agent. Structurally it consists of two main fractions about 70% of agarose and 30% of agaropectin. The gelling properties of agar comes from the agarose, the high gel strength backbone consists of a linear polymer of 3-linked β-D-galactose and 4-linked 3,6-anhydro-α-L-galactose (LA) repeating units.

Application

Agar has been used as reagent for the following studies:

Plant cell culture studies.
As medium supplement for the growth of wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Columbia) and transgenic seeds.
For the solidification of culture medium of cork oak somatic embryos.
to examine its effect on metal(loid) sensitivity of the Arabidopsis thaliana metal-hypersensitive mutants

Agar suspension culture may be used for the analysis of cell transformation of palyoma virus. It might have been used for incubation of single antibody-forming cell to investigate the plaque formation.

Agar has been used to examine its effect on metal(loid) sensitivity of the Arabidopsis thaliana metal-hypersensitive mutants.

Still not finding the right product?

Explore all of our products under Agar

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
A4675-1KG	04061826715482
A4675-500G	04061833374894