ETHIDIUM BROMIDE (For Molecular Biology) is a product provided by Research-Lab Fine Chem Industries. Laboratory reagents are chemicals which are used in laboratories as a part of experimental procedures. These reagents can be important parts of chemical reactions, analytical reagents or starting material for the production of other materials.

This ETHIDIUM BROMIDE is meant for Molecular Biology. This compound is a DNA intercalating agent which is soluble in water. While it is stable under general conditions, this reagent is incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Ethidium bromide has a variety of applications in chemical and biological sectors:

This compound finds several applications in the synthesis of various organic derivatives.

Ethidium bromide is popularly used as a fluorescent tag in molecular biology. It fluoresces with an orange colour when exposed to ultraviolet light. It can be used to detect nucleic acids in molecular biology laboratories.

It is often utilized during DNA fragment separation by agarose gel electrophoresis.

It can additionally be used to reduce mitochondrial DNA copy number in proliferating cells.

This reagent is suitable for the industrial synthesis of products and research applications.

CAS number: 1239-45-8

Molecular formula: C21H20BrN3

Molecular weight: 394.31 g/mol

Appearance: purple-reddish powder

Melting point: 260-262

Assay: 95%

Synonyms:

Homidium

Product name: ETHIDIUM BROMIDE (For Molecular Biology)

Catalogue number: 0675B 00005

Unit: 1 bottle

Quantity: 5 gm per unit