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Agar

High gel strength, suitable for plant cell culture

Synonym(s):

Agar-agar, Gum agar

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Linear Formula:
(C12H18O9)n
CAS Number:
9002-18-0
UNSPSC Code:
50405901
NACRES:
NA.21
EC Number:
232-658-1
MDL number:
MFCD00081288

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Product Name

Agar, High gel strength, suitable for plant cell culture

SMILES string

O1[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](C1OC2[C@H]3OCC2OC([C@H]3O)C)O)OC)O)CO

InChI key

GYYDPBCUIJTIBM-DYOGSRDZSA-N

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

biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

transition temp

transition temp 32-38 °C (1.5%)

gel strength

>1000 g/cm2

application(s)

agriculture

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

200

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Application

Agar has been used:
  • as a component of the fruit fly diet
  • as a component of saline-agar for the approximation of gray matter from brain
  • in in vitro root nodulation assay of Glycine max seeds

Agar has been used:
  • in the preparation of laboratory diet to maintain the culture of D. melanogaster wild-type larva
  • as a high gel strength agar in the seed culture media to grow Arabidopsis thaliana mutant seeds
  • to construct a tissue-mimicking phantom to test the imaging performance of an ultrasound transducer

Biochem/physiol Actions

Agar with a higher percentage of anhydrous units in the backbone of their chemical composition provides superior mechanical stiffness and strength to the pristine hydrogel.

General description

Agar is a natural polymer extracted from red alga Rhodophyceae, primarily, consisting of alternative D- and L-galactose units. This type of high gel strength agar is used when a firmer gel is required and mostly suitable for plant cell culture.
Agar is a polysaccharide complex obtained through bleaching and hot water extraction of agarocytes from the red alga Rhodophyceae, found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the sea of Japan. The genera Gelidium, Acanthopeltis, Ceramium, Pterocladia and Gracilaria predominate in agar production. Agar is composed of about 70% agarose and 30% agaropectin.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Jinhyoung Park et al.
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, 67(6), 1797-1805 (2019-10-22)
Interventional ultrasound imaging is a prerequisite for guiding implants and treatment within the hearts and blood vessels. Due to limitations on the catheter's diameter, interventional ultrasonic transducers have side-looking structures although forward-looking imaging may provide more intuitive and real time
Takaaki Ogura et al.
Frontiers in plant science, 11, 563-563 (2020-06-26)
Magnesium (Mg) is essential for many biological processes in plant cells, and its deficiency causes yield reduction in crop systems. Low Mg status reportedly affects photosynthesis, sucrose partitioning and biomass allocation. However, earlier physiological responses to Mg deficiency are scarcely
Agar gel strength: A correlation study between chemical composition and rheological properties
Bertasa M, et al.,
European Polymer Journal, 123, 109442-109442 (2020)
Lindsey J Gray et al.
Journal of insect physiology, 104, 60-70 (2017-12-06)
Optimal life-history strategies are those that best allocate finite environmental resources to competing traits. We used the geometric framework for nutrition to evaluate life-history strategies followed by Drosophila melanogaster by measuring the condition-dependent performance of life-history traits, including the morphology
Improved nodulation and seed yield of soybean (Glycine max) with a new isoflavone-based inoculant of Bradyrhizobium elkanii
Riviezzi B, et al.
Rhizosphere, 15, 100219-100219 (2020)
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