Agar
SIGMA/A7921 - suitable for plant cell culture, powder
Synonym: Agar-agar; Gum agar
CAS Number: 9002-18-0
EC Number: 232-658-1
MDL Number: MFCD00081288
Linear Formula: (C12H18O9)n
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | agriculture food and beverages life science and biopharma |
| biological source | algae (Rhodophyceae) |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C14H24O9/c1-5-8(16)13- |
| InChI key | GYYDPBCUIJTIBM-DYOGSRDZSA |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | O1[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]([C |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| technique(s) | cell culture | plant: suitable |
| transition temp | congealing temperature 30-35 °C |
| Application: | Agar has been used as a component of EDMm (modified version of Eucalyptus dunnii basal medium (EDM)) for development of shoots of Eucalyptus dunnii clones. It has also been used as a component of Murashige and Skoog medium for in vitro culture of Strain TC09 of Cladosporium sphaerospermum. |
| Application: | Agar has been used as a component • of Gamborg′s B5 regeneration medium • of Murashige and skoog (MS) medium for the germination of Hypericum triquetrifolium Turra seeds • in shoot inducing and naphthalene acetic acid pretreatment medium for the regeneration of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Agar is majorly used as microbial solid culture media. It is used in the range of 0.5 to 1.0% (w/v) to solidify plant tissue culture media. It is essential for in vitro root development. |
| General description: | Agar contains agarose and agaropectin, with agarose being the major gelling heteropolysaccharide. Agarose contains β-d-galactose and 3,6-anhydro-α-l-galactose |
| Other Notes: | Purified for research and protoplast culture. |
| Packaging: | 1 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 100, 500 g in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 2.5 kg in poly drum |
| Preparation Note: | Typical working concentration: 6-12 g/L. |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| UNSPSC | 50405901 |

