Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Application

Bovine Serum Albumin Fraction V is suitable for standard applications such as:Stabilizer to prevent proteolysis and denaturation of enzymes and other proteins, especially when the proteins are present in low concentrations.Buffer component in immunochemistry, biochemistry, cell biology, or molecular biologyReducing agentProtein blocker for saturation of protein binding sites in ELISAs, Southern blots, and western blotsMedia supplement for media that require addition of proteinCarrier proteinStandard protein in gel electrophoresis and protein determination

General description

For standard applications.

Other Notes

For life science research only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Preparation Note

Storage conditions (working solution): In solution, albumin is stable for about three months at -15 to -25 °C.

Quality

Purity: ≤95% protein, ≤5% H₂O; electrophoretically homogeneousContaminants: ﹤0.5% Na (flame photometric), ﹤0.006% K (flame photometric), ﹤0.0003% Li (flame photometric), ﹤0.02% Ca (o-cresolphthalein), ﹤0.003% Mg (xylidyl blue), ﹤0.003% heavy metals (as Pb), ﹤0.001% Fe (bathophenanthroline), ﹤0.002% Pi, ﹤0.05% glucose (enzymatic), ﹤0.005% glycerol (enzymatic), ﹤0.025% L-lactate (enzymatic)