P8291

Potassium nitrate

Name: Potassium nitrate
Brand: SIGMA

BioReagent, suitable for cell culture, suitable for plant cell culture

Synonym(s):

KNO₃, saltpeter

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

KNO₃

CAS Number:

7757-79-1

Molecular Weight:

101.10

NACRES:

NA.26

PubChem Substance ID:

24898742

UNSPSC Code:

12352209

EC Number:

231-818-8

MDL number:

MFCD00011409

form:

crystals

solubility:

H₂O: 20/150 g/mL, clear, colorless

Product Name

Potassium nitrate, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture, suitable for plant cell culture

InChI key

FGIUAXJPYTZDNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/K.NO3/c;2-1(3)4/q+1;-1

SMILES string

[K+].[O-][N+]([O-])=O

product line

BioReagent

form

crystals

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable
cell culture | plant: suitable

mp

334 °C (lit.)

solubility

H₂O: 20/150 g/mL, clear, colorless

Quality Level

200

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Cell Culture & Analysis

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Molecular Biology & Functional Genomics

Application

Potassium nitrate has been used:

in CPW13M solution to extract the protoplasts from plant cells
as a component in the basal medium
as a component in macronutrient

Biochem/physiol Actions

Potassium nitrate serves as a source of nitrate for cell growth. It also induces the synthesis of lipid in alga Neochloris oleoabundans.

pictograms

GHS03

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H272

pcodes

P210 - P220 - P280 - P370 + P378 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Ox. Sol. 3

Storage Class

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Biomolecule delivery into canola protoplasts by centrifuging cells with microbubbles

He C, et al.

Febs Letters, , number=(587), 285?290-285?290 (2013)

Effects of nitrogen sources on cell growth and lipid accumulation of green alga Neochloris oleoabundans

Li Y, et al.

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, , number=(81), 629?636-629?636 (2008)

Extraction and Activity of O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase (OASTL) from Microalga Chlorella sorokiniana

Salbitani G and Carfagna S

Plant & Cell Physiology, , number=(587), 285?290-285?290 (2016)

Bioassay to Study the Attachment of Xanthomonas albilineans on Sugarcane Leaves.

Mensi I, et al.

Bio-protocol, 7(587), 285?290-285?290 (2016)

Nitrate and ammonium lead to distinct global dynamic phosphorylation patterns when resupplied to nitrogen-starved Arabidopsis seedlings.

Wolfgang R Engelsberger et al.

The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 69(6), 978-995 (2011-11-09)

Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. Inorganic nitrogen and its assimilation products control various metabolic, physiological and developmental processes. Although the transcriptional responses induced by nitrogen have been extensively studied in the past, our work here

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