Common Chemicals and Laboratory Agents: Products

DMSO, sterile filtered, wide ranging applications in cell culture, cryopreservation and organic chemistry. Solvent for polar and nonpolar compounds

BSA (bovine serum albumin) is a blocking buffer for IHC, ICC, ELISA and Western blotting; used to block non-specific antibody binding. Commonly used in cell culture

Stain used to detect protein bands after Western blotting

Commonly used laboratory reagent; used to make TBS, TAE and TBE buffers

Intracellular cryoprotective agent