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M2643

Magnesium sulfate

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

Synonym(s):

Magnesium Sulphate, Magnesium(II) sulfate, MgSO4

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
MgSO4
CAS Number:
7487-88-9
Molecular Weight:
120.37
NACRES:
NA.71
PubChem Substance ID:
24896751
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
231-298-2
MDL number:
MFCD00011110
Form:
powder

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Product Name

Magnesium sulfate, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture, suitable for insect cell culture

InChI key

CSNNHWWHGAXBCP-UHFFFAOYSA-L

InChI

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

SMILES string

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

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

Quality Level

200

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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)

General description

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

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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0000514124
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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)
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)
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