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C9157

Activated charcoal

suitable for cell culture, suitable for plant cell culture

Synonym(s):

Charcoal activated

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C
CAS Number:
7440-44-0
Molecular Weight:
12.01
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
24893138
UNSPSC Code:
11101522
EC Number:
231-153-3
MDL number:
MFCD00133992

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Product Name

Activated charcoal, suitable for cell culture, suitable for plant cell culture

InChI

1S/C

SMILES string

[C]

InChI key

OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

vapor pressure

<0.1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

description

acid-washed with hydrochloric acid

form

powder

autoignition temp.

842 °F

resistivity

1375 μΩ-cm, 20°C (graphite)

technique(s)

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

mp

3550 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

200

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Application

Activated charcoal has been used:
  • in the pre-treatment of fetal calf serum, which was then used for protein content determination
  • to study its effect on cell viability
  • in a tissue culture medium and to study the availability of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in the same

General description

Activated charcoal is originally used as an absorbent to remove toxic substances from plants. The use of activated charcoal in culture media gives it a dark colour. It induces absorption of phenolic, cell lysis products, ethylene, methane and many other compounds that are known to be deleterious to the plant tissue. Along with this, activated charcoal also absorbs growth regulators and other media components. In orchid, carrot and tomato tissue culture, activated charcoal induces growth and differentiation.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

C9157-2.5KG: + C9157-500G: + C9157-VAR: + C9157-BULK:

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BCCM4394
SHBR5111
SHBP3975

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Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, 505-505 (2013)
Plant Tissue Culture: Practices and New Experimental Protocols, 41-41 (2007)
Modeling available 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in a tissue culture medium containing activated carbon
Toering A and Pullman G
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 82(2), 179-188 (2005)
G Williamson et al.
Carcinogenesis, 17(11), 2385-2387 (1996-11-01)
It has recently been shown by Hollman et al. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 62, 1276-1282) that flavonoid glycosides are preferentially absorbed from dietary onions compared to the flavonoid aglycone. In the light of this, we have compared the bioactivities of
Optimization of a sampling system for recovery and detection of airborne porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and swine influenza virus
Hermann JR, et al.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72(7), 4811-4818 (2006)
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