Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Application

L-Cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate has been used as a component of yeast dropout media for culturing yeasts. It has also been used as a component of differential reinforced clostridial broth (DRCM) for the isolation of clostridia.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cysteine (Cys) is a sulfur-containing amino acid that modulates metabolism for growth, reproduction and immunity. It provides the disulfide linkage in proteins and in involved in the transport of sulfur. Cysteine is involved in the formation of hydrogen sulfide that functions as a signaling molecule. Cys residues are present at the catalytic sites of various enzymes.

NMDA glutamatergic receptor antagonist.

Packaging

1 kg in poly bottle

25, 100 g in poly bottle