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Magnesium sulfate

BioReagent, suitable for cell culture, suitable for insect cell culture

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Synonym(s):
Magnesium Sulphate, Magnesium(II) sulfate, MgSO4
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
MgSO4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
120.37
EC Number:
MDL number:
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.71

vapor density

<0.01 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<0.1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

BioReagent

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | insect: suitable
cell culture | mammalian: suitable

SMILES string

[Mg++].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/Mg.H2O4S/c;1-5(2,3)4/h;(H2,1,2,3,4)/q+2;/p-2

InChI key

CSNNHWWHGAXBCP-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Magnesium sulphate reduces eclampsia in women. It may inhibit N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor to accomplish the anticonvulsant activity.

Application

Magnesium sulphate has been used:
  • as a component of M63 working medium solution for E. coli microcolonies in gel beads and Synechocystis liquid growth medium
  • as a buffer component for phosphoglycerate mutase assay and ribokinase activity assay
  • in ice-cold assay buffer for plasma membrane cholesterol measurement assay in immortalized bone marrow-derived macrophages (iBMDMs)

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Magnesium sulfate in eclampsia and pre-eclampsia
Lu JF and Nightingale CH
Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 38(4), 305-314 (2000)
Analysis of Metals in Whole Cells, Thylakoids and Photosynthetic Protein Complexes in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
Gandini C, et al.
Bio-protocol, 8(12) (2018)
Magnesium sulphate and other anticonvulsants for women with pre-eclampsia
Duley L, et al.
Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) (2010)
Deuterated nucleotides as chemical probes of RNA structure: a detailed protocol for the enzymatic synthesis of a complete set of nucleotides specifically deuterated at ribose carbons
Tullius T, et al.
ScienceOpen Research (2015)
Bacterial Microcolonies in Gel Beads for High-throughput Screening
Schaerli Y
Bio-protocol, 8(13) (2018)

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